Provenance

Definition of Certificate of Genetic Provenance
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Provenance- The original geographic source of seed, pollen, or propagules.
Pumice- A volcanic glass full of cavities and very light in weight.
Pyrene- The pit or seed of a drupe which is surrounded by a bony endocarp.

Provenance The geographic wild origin in terms of site and population.
Propagation Method of increasing the number of plants by dividing roots, layering or start from cuttings.

Provenance refers to the specific place from which a plant or seed originated.

Once the bones of my garden were in place, I began trying odd and unusual species and cultivars of trees and shrubs, relying heavily on their provenance for clues as to whether they'd survive.

Hutter’s orchids have a wide and varied provenance. “There’s a bloke who sells amazing orchids at my local tube station; I also buy from websites and I’ ...

"When Jonathan and I first met, we'd always go junk shopping," says the designer, a plucky wom­an who can trace the provenance of nearly every object in the couple's Los Angeles house to a modern-furniture auction, ...

The term heirloom vegetable is used to describe any type of vegetable seed that has been saved and grown for a period of years and is passed down by the gardener that preserved it. It has a provenance, of sorts.

'Direct-seeding,' explains Steve Mulligan, the local Parks Victoria ranger, 'involves collecting local provenance seed from indigenous remnant coastal vegetation and then putting them out at the right time of the year.' ...

In the 20th century, researchers discovered the plant contains dozens of alkaloids: some of them lower blood sugar levels (providing folk remedies with scientific provenance) and blood pressure.

See also: Plant, Planting, Native, Gardening, Soil