Paraphyletic groups as natural units of biological classification

Taxon

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1641-1653

  Hörandl, Elvira ^a   Stuessy, Tod F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Evolutionary classification; Holophyly; Monophyly; Paraphyly

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COEXISTENCE; COMMON ANCESTRY; DIVERGENCE; EUKARYOTE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TRADE-OFF;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 78751548667     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tax.596001     Document Type: Article

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