nothomorph

plural nothomorphs

1. archaicbiologyA subordinate rank within a nothospecies.

   A nothomorph is any taxon of hybrid origin, whether F1, segregate, or backcross.

   1956, Regnum Vegetabile, volume 8, page 31

   2 more examples

   Since F. cuneifolia is supposed to be of the same hybrid origin as F. xananassa, it has to be put under that name as a nothomorph.

   1962, Canadian Journal of Botany, page 885

   They may be named under the Botanical Code (prior to 1982 they would have been referred to as nothomorphs or bastard forms) and also under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants as 'cultivars' […]

   2008, D. Gledhill, The Names of Plants, page 23