Al ) wrote:
: These rules pertain only to genera and species name creation. they do not
: effect man-made hybrid (cross) names. So unless you are publishing the name
: of a new species you are good to go without having to add -ea to the name.
: In fact one of the rules in naming a man-made hybrid is that you should
: avoid latinizing the name. Botanical latin names are reserved only for
: naturally occurring species.

Boy, the people creating all the multi-generic oncids really paid attention
to that rule now didn't they? ;-)

In general though it seems that rule is commonly violated for hybrid genus
names (e.g. Lc, Blc, Ascda, etc...).

Dave