Category: N

Hybrid species produced by crossing two species from the same genus, indicated by multiplication sign before the species epithet (e.g. Fallopia x bohemica) and often with the parent species then given in brackets (genus species x genus species).  

Hybrid genus produced by crossing (plants from) two different genera, indicated by a multiplication sign before the name (e.g. x Amarygia).    

With a nick or cut from an otherwise entire edge. Having a notch at the point of attachment to the stem; sinuate.  

With spots or lines, these often coloured.  

(Of orchids) flowers lacking the usual twist of the stem or pedicel attached to the ovary that positions the lip below.  

The usage or application of names in plant taxonomy. A system or set of names or designations used in classifying or identifying subjects, e.g., species, mental illnesses, and geologic timeframes. A classified system of technical or scientific names.  

(In nomenclature) the element (specimen or illustration) with which the name of the taxon is permanently associated.  

(In nomenclature) superfluous name, a name that when first validly published was applied by its author to a taxon circumscribed so as to include the type of another name (which the author ought to have adopted).  

(In nomenclature) name or epithet to be rejected, if applied it would cause a disadvantageous nomenclatural change. Rejected names are listed in the I.C.B.N.  

In nomenclature) Name or epithet published but without a description or diagnosis, or without a reference to any of these; Invalidly published name or epithet.