50 CFR § 23.42 - What are the requirements for a plant hybrid?

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title: "50 CFR § 23.42 - What are the requirements for a plant hybrid?"
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section_name: "What are the requirements for a plant hybrid?"
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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part_name: "CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES)"
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authority: "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (March 3, 1973), 27 U.S.T. 1087; and Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1531"
regulatory_source: "72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
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# 23.42 What are the requirements for a plant hybrid?

*General provisions.* Except as provided in § 23.92, the export, re-export, or import of a plant hybrid of a CITES species must be accompanied by a valid CITES document that shows the Appendix of the specimen as follows:

| Question on a plant hybrid | Answer and status of specimen |
| --- | --- |
| (a) Is the specimen an artificially propagated hybrid of one or more Appendix-I species or taxa? | (1)  Continue to paragraph (b) of this section.(2)  Continue to paragraph (c) of this section. |
| (b) Is one or more of the Appendix-I species or taxa in paragraph (a) of this section annotated to treat hybrids as Appendix-I specimens? | (1)  The hybrid is listed in Appendix I.(2)  The hybrid is listed in Appendix I, but may be granted a certificate for artificially propagated plants even if propagated for commercial purposes. |
| (c) Is the specimen a hybrid that includes two or more CITES species or taxa in its lineage? | (1)  Consider the specimen to be listed in the more restrictive Appendix, with Appendix I being the most restrictive and Appendix III the least.(2)  Continue to paragraph (d) of this section. |
| (d) Is the specimen a hybrid that includes one CITES species or taxon in its lineage? | (1)  Consider the specimen to be listed in the Appendix in which the species or taxon is listed in the CITES Appendices.(2)  The hybrid is not regulated by CITES. |

[72 FR 48448, Aug. 23, 2007, as amended at 79 FR 30425, May 27, 2014]