I mean, if we want to be specific here on our nomenclature;
A plant Variety is a group of plants within a species that have a common set of characteristics.
- Varieties develop naturally in the environment and do not require human intervention to grow and reproduce.
- Seeds from a specific variety will often grow true to type, meaning that their offspring will retain the parent plantās unique characteristics.
A plant cultivar refers to a variation within a plant species.
- Has been developed by a human horticulturist through controlled plant breeding, as opposed to occurring naturally.
- Seeds from a Cultivar will most likely not be true to type nor identical to the parent plant.
Maybe some un-worked wild landrace IBL would be classed as a cannabis āVarietyā?
Honestly the most likely term to use would be Cultivarās as man has been cultivating this plant for at least 10,000 years. Even the lines we call ālandraceā are still cultivated by human hands, but we donāt have many cultivated lines, lines that breed true to type like a variety does. Maybe Deep Chunk or something? Otherwise, one cultivar will forever mean one plant, a clone-only, and not one seedline.
So we need another term to reference our breeding work. Strain makes sense 
