群体种群體種
Term · Cultivars
seed-grown population variety
Literal meaning
'population variety'; seed-grown landrace
Definition#
A tea variety that is propagated by seed, so every plant is slightly different. A Hunan Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives page (2023-08-29) defines 有性系品种 (also 有性繁殖系品种, 'popularly called 群体种') as a variety formed by long natural and artificial selection and propagated by seed. The counterpart is 无性系 (clonal cultivars). A 群体种 is cultivated, not a wild tree.
Translation and usage#
| Language | Use | Alternatives & cautions |
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| English | seed-grown population variety variety propagated by seed, hence genetically varied translation |
Also acceptable
Avoid wild 群体种 are cultivated, seed-propagated populations; wild tea is 野生茶 |
| Deutsch | Populationssorte (Qunti Zhong) aus Samen vermehrte Sorte mit genetisch uneinheitlichen Pflanzen pinyin with a gloss |
Also acceptable
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| Русский | популяционный сорт (цюнь ти чжун) сорт, размножаемый семенами, с неоднородными растениями pinyin with a gloss |
Also acceptable
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| 简体字 | 群体种 | |
| 繁體字 | 群體種 | Regional usage
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| 日本語 | 群体種（在来種に相当） 種子繁殖で増やす集団としての品種 pinyin with a gloss |
Also acceptable
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Common confusions#
- Not 'wild' (野生茶) and not 'ancient' (古树): it says how the plant was propagated.
- Opposite of 无性系 (clonal cultivar), the dominant planting stock in China: the same page says the proportion of clonal improved varieties reached 60.94 % at the end of 2017 (figure attributed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; the page says 'proportion', not 'of tea area').
Terms#
Entries that use this term 2#
贡眉
Gong Mei Gòngméi
White tea made from tender shoots of seed-grown tea populations. Its national product definition is narrower than Shoumei's, which also allows Dabai and Shuixian material.
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忙肺
Mangfei Mángfèi
Administrative village of Mengban township, Yongde, at about 1,500-2,000 m; source of the Mangfei large-leaf population named in 1980 and Yongde's best-known pu'er name.
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