| Qualifier | variety |
| Definition | variety (= varietas, a formal Linnaean rank) of organism from which sequence was derived. |
| Value Format | "text" |
| Example | /variety="insularis" |
| Comment | use the cultivar qualifier for cultivated plant varieties, i.e., products of artificial selection; varieties other than plant and fungal variatas should be annotated via /note, e.g. /note="breed:Cukorova" |