# List parents of hybrids **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [November 21, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-parents-of-hybrids/46968 "2023-11-21T23:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cyanfox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cyanfox/32/35771_2.png) [@cyanfox](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cyanfox)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-parents-of-hybrids/46968/1 "2023-11-21T23:34:46Z")
**Platform(s)**, such as mobile, website, API, other: All **URLs** (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424975--carpophyma](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/424975--carpophyma) [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2926-Streptopelia](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2926-Streptopelia) **Description of need** : Identifying hybrids on iNaturalist is kind of inconvenient because you need to manually look at each parent to see if the organism looks like a hybrid between them. **Feature request details** : Just like how each taxon has ancestry, hybrids should have parents. Right now, you have to look at the taxon name to know which parents it’s a hybrid between. When hybrid parent information is added to iNaturalist, it should also be possible to see hybrids from parents. Perhaps a new “Hybrid Info” section should be added to show the hybrids of a parent and parents of a hybrid. iNaturalist search should also have an option to include hybrids of a taxon when searching for it. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/f/1/f19c13165503977d65992d8972005d15005142cb.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/c/3c5d2bbe635ab703ec5efe37518581d8218259c7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![kevinfaccenda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/kevinfaccenda/32/10265_2.png) [@kevinfaccenda](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/kevinfaccenda)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-parents-of-hybrids/46968/2 "2023-11-22T08:04:01Z")
> [@cyanfox](#): > > Identifying hybrids on iNaturalist is kind of inconvenient because you need to manually look at each parent to see if the organism looks like a hybrid between them. I think the best solution here is to flag these problematic taxa and request that the curators add a hybrid formula as an unaccepted scientific name, following the typical Genus speciesA x speciesB where the species are arranged alphabetically. The taxonomy system used by iNat is only designed for taxa to have one parent, and having two parents would be a major redesign with little practical gain. ---
**Author:** ![KelianG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/keliang/32/65474_2.png) [@KelianG](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/KelianG)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-parents-of-hybrids/46968/3 "2023-11-22T17:02:11Z")
I always add hybrid formula as synonym whenever i add an hybrid. It works pretty well :-) ---
**Author:** ![silversea\_starsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@silversea\_starsong](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/silversea_starsong)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-parents-of-hybrids/46968/4 "2023-12-18T17:56:54Z")
I still believe iNat should have a function where you can set parent 1 and parent 2 to a hybrid taxon, but I know hybrids are not a priority of the development team at present. ---
**Author:** ![cyanfox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cyanfox/32/35771_2.png) [@cyanfox](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cyanfox)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-parents-of-hybrids/46968/5 "2023-12-19T04:45:16Z")
I’ve changed my mind about the Hybrid Info tab. Now I think hybrid info should be under Taxonomy. ---
**Author:** ![silversea\_starsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@silversea\_starsong](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/silversea_starsong)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-parents-of-hybrids/46968/6 "2025-09-12T22:57:31Z")
Continuing on, yes please, even just as an informative thing. Have two fields you can enter on the taxon page if it’s a hybrid or genushybrid, and then visible on the taxonomy section. Doesn’t have to affect anything else on site for now, just let us see it. It could be displayed like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/c/d/cd9d49db84670b51c89efd55c225f212205ed4e0.png)