intermedia
/in-ter-MEE-dee-uh/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: intermedius, intermedium
A taxonomic epithet for a plant sitting between two related species in leaf, flower or habit, sometimes because it is a hybrid of the two. This is the feminine ending, used with feminine genera. Appears as intermedius (masculine), intermedia (feminine), or intermedium (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin intermedius, meaning "intermediate," from inter- (between) + medius (middle).
Example
“Drosera intermedia (spoonleaf sundew) and Corymbia intermedia (pink bloodwood) both take the feminine ending, each named for characters falling between two close relatives.”