Hybrid genus name capitalization is automatically removed

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I just added the hybrid genus × Comagaria for the cultivated ‘Pink Panda’ strawberries. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragaria_×_Comarum_hybrids for details. When I add the species as × Comagaria rosea, it is converted to × comagaria rosea. I had to resort to leaving off the × to avoid this. Is this a bug I should report, or is there a known solution?

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This was supposed fixed when I added the feature request, because the original problem was curators couldn’t capitalize in the first place. Later I heard there was a bug going around but I believe genus hybrids that were fixed before the bug came about still as such.

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This remains an issue. × phyllosasa tranquillans should render as × Phyllosasa tranquillans (or as ×Phyllosasa tranquillans if the space is omitted)

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… and × haagespostoa climaxantha

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Still not fixed :(

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Maybe somewhat relatedly, there are a handful of taxa ranked as infrahybrid that include a genus name after the ×, with this probably having the most observations (other examples including these - 1 2 3), but it seems the fix allowing hybrids to have a capitalized 2nd genus name may have only applied to taxa ranked as hybrid (and genushybrid, unless that was already allowed?), not infrahybrid, since in all examples of the latter I could find the 2nd genus is still lowercase

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another example https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/349781---chitalpa-tashkentensis

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Just came across this here: https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/566934
@tiwane Is there really no way to fix this?

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Same here:

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This bug affects several other species :

Is there any way to fix it?

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My proposal was that genus hybrids shouldn’t even require a manual ×, so you’d enter it as if it was a normal genus and the site would append it…

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And :

@tiwane ? Will it be fixed ? Or will we just keep adding misspellings and deviations ?

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Sorry about that, I’ve made an issue here: https://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/issues/3988

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Another one :
× reyllopia conollyana

edit : another one :
× crataegosorbus miczurinii

edit : × hoodiapelia beukmanii

edit : × leia cabrerae

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For what it’s worth, further examples aren’t really helpful at this point. There just needs to be a fix implemented. Since this is a bug that doesn’t affect core functionality, it’s lower priority than other ones.

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It is just to keep track of the names that will need to be fixed.

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It is now fixed ! Thank you !

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There is an interesting inconsistency with these that still needs to be amended; some of these taxa have no space between the hybrid symbol and the first name. For these, the name is still not capitalised of course, only the ones with a space are capitalised now

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The space between the multiplication sign and the genus name is not mandatory according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants.

Recommendation H.3A

The exact amount of space, if any, between the multiplication sign and the initial letter of the name or epithet should depend on what best serves readability.

This wording was introduced at the Vienna Code (2006) : H.3A.1. in the Vienna Code

It was even forbidden until the Saint Louis Code (2000) :

Recommendation H.3A
H.3A.1. The multiplication sign in the name of a nothotaxon should be placed against the initial letter of the name or epithet. However, if the mathematical symbol is not available and the letter “x” is used instead, a single letter space may be left between it and the epithet if this helps to avoid ambiguity. The letter “x” should be in lower case.

My personnal opinion : having a space between the multiplication sign and the genus name in a nothotaxon is misleading : it can be interpreted as a hybrid formula. I would prefer to have a space only in hybrid formulae, and no space in nothotaxons.