A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Hybrid, “a plant obtained by the pollen of one species on the stigma of another” (Jackson); “a cross-breed of two species” (Fernald 1950): hybrida,-ae (s.c.I), abl. sg. hybrida, nom. pl. hybridae, dat.& abl. pl. hybridis; natum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. nato, ‘a hybrid offspring;’[ > L. hibrida,-ae (s.f.I), also hybrida,-ae (s.f.I) “of animals whose parents belong to different varieties or to different species, a mongrel, hybrid, associated with ideas of “unbridled, lawless, unnatural” (Lewis & Short);

- forsan hybrida inter Sphagnum subsecundum et S. cuspidatum (Austin), perhaps a hybrid between Sphagnum subsecundum et S. cuspidatum.

- hybrida hortensis e Celtide flavente LuBelle et C. humili P. Porter exorta, garden hybrid having arisen from Celtis flavens and C.humilis arisen.

- hybrida hortensis e Celtide purpurascente Magill et C. ohionense Crosby genita, garden hybrid born from Celtis purpurascens and C. ohionensis.

- hybrida inculta e Lomariopse japurensi et L. vestita genita, natural hybrid born from Lomariopsis japurensis and L. vestita.

- hybrida nova (adj.A), new hybrid; hybrida naturalis (adj.B), natural hybrid.

- hybrida inculta e Anapausia pradoi et A. scandenti genita, intermedia inter parentes, uncultured [i.e. natural] hybrid born from Anapausia pradoi and A. scandenti, intermediate between the parents.

- hybridum [sic] dicitur P. viciaefolii a P. atro fecundati (DeCandolle), it is said to be a hybrid of Pelargonium viciaefolium fertilized by P. atrum.

- dicitur hybridum [sic] P. fulgidi a P. melanantho fecundati (DeCandolle), it is said to be a hybrid of Pelargonium fulgidum fertilized by P. melananthum.

- natum e semine P. ignescentis a P. Principissae fecundati (DeCandolle), a [hybrid] offspring from the seed of Pelargonium ignescens fertilized by Pelargonium principissae.

- [Pelargonium obscurum] hybridum e P. maculato et quodam ignoto (DeCandolle), a hybrid between P. maculatum and a certain unknown [sc. Pelargonium].

- natum e semine P. obtusilobi a sp. ign. fecundati (DeCandolle), a [hybrid] offspring from the seed of Pelargonium obtusilobum fertilized by a [species unknown].

NOTE: see noth-, notho-: in Gk. comp., false-, bastard, born of unequal parents; a prefix indicating the hybrid character of a taxon; the prefix may be used as a substitute for the multiplication sign (x) to designate a hybrid.

NOTE: In forming names and epithets, Gk. numerical prefixes should be united to words of Gk. origin, L. prefixes to L. words, avoiding such hybrids as quadragonus, sexandrus (Stearn).

Chimaera,-ae (s.f.I), q.v.: (medicine) a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells; an imaginary monster compounded of incongruous parts; an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution; a hybrid created through fusion of a sperm and an egg from different species is a chimera.

miscellus,-a,-um (adj.A): “of mixed type or breed, hybrid; assorted, miscellaneous” (Glare); [> L. misceo, to mix, mingle, blend] an epithet to designate hybrids or cross-breeds.

Periclinal chimaera = “graft-hybrid, as Cytisus Adami (Keeble and Armstrong)” (Jackson) [graft-hybrid: “reciprocal influences of scion and stock on each other” (Jackson); Graft-hybrid: “effect produced by one or the other of the united individuals on its grafted fellow” (Jackson): chimaera periclina (adj.A), also chimaera periclinica.