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Species Hybrid Marker Token

Join explicit parent taxon strings with the multiplication-sign hybrid marker without asserting hybrid origin or naming validity.

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Description

Join supplied hybrid-parent wording with a multiplication-sign marker.

Taxonomic records preserve author wording, publication sources, parent assignments and nomenclatural context. Parenthesizing an author is a formatting choice, and a supplied year field need not be restricted to modern calendar years. A source-qualified relationship does not establish accepted classification, valid publication or identity.

Join supplied hybrid-parent wording with a multiplication-sign marker.

When to use this tool

Use Species Hybrid Marker Token when you already have firstParentText, secondParentText and need to join supplied hybrid-parent wording with a multiplication-sign marker.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter firstParentText, secondParentText. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read hybridFormula. Use the output convention below.

Require both parent strings nonempty; return first × second with spaces.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
firstParentTextFirst Parent TextRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
secondParentTextSecond Parent TextRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
hybridFormulaHybrid FormulaRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "firstParentText": "Taxon A",
    "secondParentText": "Taxon B"
  },
  "output": {
    "hybridFormula": "Taxon A × Taxon B"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • No hybrid origin, parent identity, direction, nomenclatural validity or biological compatibility is established.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Consult the relevant specimens, original publications and controlled nomenclatural sources. Use complete taxonomic evidence and applicable codes for a classification decision; local formatting and keys do not adjudicate names or relationships.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: biosystematics/species-hybrid-marker-token — tool.io

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