Hybridus
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Also known as: hybrida, hybridum
A taxonomic epithet explicitly acknowledging that the plant is a hybrid — of mixed parentage, combining characteristics of two parent species. Appears as hybridus (masculine), hybrida (feminine), or hybridum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin hybrida, meaning "offspring of mixed origin," possibly from Greek hybris (outrage, excess).
Example
“Helleborus × hybridus (Lenten rose) is the collective name for the vast range of garden hellebores bred from multiple species, and Aquilegia × hybrida acknowledges the complex mixed ancestry of modern columbine selections.”