[pbs] Intergeneric Hybrids
Rodger Whitlock
totototo at pacificcoast.net
Tue Jun 8 19:16:02 EDT 2004
On 7 Jun 04 at 12:22, Mary Sue Ittner wrote:
> Can someone explain the correct or customary way of naming
> intergeneric hybrids?
It's a custom, but not a requirement afaik, that hybrid generic names
be a combination of the names of the parent genera.
> In John Bryan's latest book he lists these three:
>
> xAmarcrinum -- the name used for hybrids between Amaryillis
> belladonna and Crinum moorei. Does this mean if there was another
> cross with another Crinum it wouldn't be included in this name?
*Any* hybrid between the two genera would go into x Amarcrinum.
> xAmarine -- the name used for a combination of Amaryllis belladonna
> and Nerine species or hybrids
Ditto re x Amarine.
> xAmarygia -- intergeneric hybrids between Amaryllis belladonna and
> Brunsvigia.
Ditto re x Amarygia.
Treat these names like that of any other genus, ignoring the x (but
showing it) where alphabetization is involved.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island
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