graft-chimaera

Note that the name for a graft-chimaera uses an addition sign "+".

A graft-chimaera cannot have a species name, because it is simultaneously two species.

For example +Crataegomespilus is the name for the graft-chimaera which may also be indicated by the formula Crataegus + Mespilus.

A graft-chimaera is not a true hybrid but a mixture of cells, each with the genotype of one of its "parents": it is a chimaera.

In horticulture, a graft-chimaera may arise in grafting at the point of contact between rootstock and scion and will have properties intermediate to those of its "parents".

For example Syringa 'Correlata' is a graft-chimaera involving Syringa vulgaris (common lilac) and Syringa xchinensis (Rouen lilac, which is itself a hybrid between S. vulgaris and S. laciniata).