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Polyphyly
Senin, 2026-08-24 15:15:28

A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The...

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Monophyly
Selasa, 2026-08-18 04:16:20

of a common ancestor, excepting one or more monophyletic subgroups. A polyphyletic grouping meets neither criterion, and instead serves to characterize...

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Ratite
Kamis, 2026-08-13 23:51:34

Ratites (/ˈrætaɪts/) are a polyphyletic group consisting of all birds within the infraclass Palaeognathae that lack keels and cannot fly. They are mostly...

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Carnivoramorpha
Senin, 2026-08-24 15:38:53

"creodonts". However, recent analyses suggest carnivoramorphans was polyphyletic with Viverravidae being basal to the clade containing hyaenodonts, oxyaenids...

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Bacterial taxonomy
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:30:43

monophyletic Gram negative clade, a monophyletic Gram positive clade, and a polyphyletic Archeota derived from Gram positives. Hori and Osawa's molecular analysis...

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Mycetozoa
Senin, 2025-09-29 08:27:17

Mycetozoa is a polyphyletic grouping of slime molds. It was originally thought to be a monophyletic clade, but in 2010 it was discovered that protostelia...

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Stenoplesictidae
Selasa, 2026-03-24 05:03:33

Stenoplesictidae is the name of a polyphyletic family of extinct civet-like feliforms. Morlo M. & Nagel D. (2007). "The carnivore guild of the Taatsiin...

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Slug
Senin, 2026-07-20 08:10:21

an example of convergent evolution, and thus the category "slug" is polyphyletic. Of the six orders of Pulmonata, two – the Onchidiacea and Soleolifera...

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Aipichthys
Jumat, 2026-05-15 09:51:01

Aipichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish that is possibly polyphyletic. Formerly classified in the Polymixiiformes, it is now thought to be a distant...

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Paraphyly
Senin, 2026-04-06 02:48:14

polyphyly, or polyphyletic, uses the Ancient Greek prefix πολύς (polús), meaning "many, a lot of", and refers to the fact that a polyphyletic group includes...

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Carinotetraodon
Kamis, 2026-07-30 08:40:50

Carinotetraodon is a polyphyletic genus of small freshwater pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia. Several species have commercial importance as...

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Metteniusaceae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 13:49:02

expanded with a number of genera that were formerly placed in the widely polyphyletic Icacinaceae. As of June 2016[update], the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website...

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Cladistics
Jumat, 2026-08-14 19:18:05

more robust than those based on more limited evidence. Mono-, para- and polyphyletic taxa can be understood based on the shape of the tree (as done above)...

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Brachyura
Minggu, 2026-08-23 03:36:03

paraphyletic or polyphyletic: The Thoracotremata superfamily Grapsoidea is polyphyletic The Thoracotremata superfamily Ocypodoidea is polyphyletic The Heterotremata...

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Magnetotactic bacteria
Jumat, 2026-01-09 01:23:23

Magnetotactic bacteria (or MTB) are a polyphyletic group of bacteria that orient themselves along the magnetic field lines of Earth's magnetic field. Discovered...

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Peziza
Senin, 2026-01-19 05:00:39

difficult to identify as separate species without use of microscopy. The polyphyletic genus has been estimated to contain over 100 species. Species include:...

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Calliphoridae
Rabu, 2026-07-15 00:03:35

used as fishing bait, are known as gentles. The family is known to be polyphyletic, but much remains disputed regarding proper treatment of the constituent...

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Sea anemone
Senin, 2026-06-15 22:01:22

Phylogenetic result Protantheae Sister to Boloceroidaria Ptychodacteae Polyphyletic because its members are not recovered as sister taxa; clustered with...

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Archosauromorpha
Senin, 2026-06-08 11:16:35

allokotosaurs and rhynchosaurs, the hugely diverse Archosauriformes, and a polyphyletic grouping of various long-necked reptiles including Protorosaurus, tanystropheids...

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Thallophyte
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 19:32:16

Thallophytes (Thallophyta or Thallobionta) are a polyphyletic group of non-motile organisms traditionally described as "thalloid plants", "relatively simple...

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Echovirus
Minggu, 2025-08-10 08:01:34

Echovirus is a polyphyletic group of viruses associated with enteric disease in humans. The name is derived from "enteric cytopathic human orphan virus"...

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Synallactida
Senin, 2026-05-18 09:01:59

classified in an order called Aspidochirotida, which was determined to be polyphyletic in 2017. Synallactida includes over 130 species in three extant families...

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Erinaceidae
Selasa, 2026-06-30 07:37:09

This family was once considered part of the order Insectivora, but that polyphyletic order is now considered defunct. Erinaceids are generally shrew-like...

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Pelagiellida
Jumat, 2025-05-30 16:09:43

Pelagiellida are a group of Cambrian molluscs superficially assigned to the (polyphyletic) Monoplacophora, although their true taxonomic affinities within the...

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Balaenoptera
Senin, 2026-05-18 14:31:40

its family (the humpback whale and gray whale); the genus is currently polyphyletic, with the two aforementioned species being phylogenetically nested within...

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Slime mold
Minggu, 2026-08-23 13:46:26

damp places such as rotting wood. More formally, the slime molds are a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related eukaryotic organisms in the Stramenopiles...

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Aculeata
Minggu, 2026-06-21 22:13:15

Kazakhstan, represented by the family Bethylonymidae, which may be para- or polyphyletic. The use of the name Aculeata has a long history at the rank of infraorder...

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Stink badger
Kamis, 2026-07-23 02:43:15

the family Mustelidae also termed 'badgers' (which are themselves a polyphyletic group). There are two extant species – the Palawan stink badger or pantot...

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Physarum
Jumat, 2026-06-19 01:05:20

(rDNA) sequences show that Physarum is polyphyletic, forming at least three distinct clades. Support for the polyphyletic origin of Physarum comes from a synapomorphy:...

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Liver fluke
Jumat, 2026-05-01 23:45:37

Liver fluke is a collective name of a polyphyletic group of parasitic trematodes under the phylum Platyhelminthes. They are principally parasites of the...

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Chenopodium
Kamis, 2026-07-16 04:24:23

relatives as Chenopodiaceae, but this leaves the rest of the Amaranthaceae polyphyletic. However, among the Amaranthaceae, the genus Chenopodium is the namesake...

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Asteroideae
Senin, 2026-07-13 03:58:45

Helianthodae. A phylogenetic study published in 2019 found that Asterodae was polyphyletic, and in 2024 Feng et al. placed tribes Anthemideae and Calenduleae in...

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Amblypoda
Rabu, 2025-10-08 20:11:24

primitive ungulate mammals and have since been shown to represent a polyphyletic group. The Amblypoda take their name from their short and stumpy feet...

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Yellow canary
Jumat, 2026-07-24 09:13:12

but a phylogenetic study published in 2012 found that the genus was polyphyletic. In the reorganisation to create monophyletic genera, Serinus was split...

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Andy Lehrer
Selasa, 2026-02-24 16:09:23

this case, polyphyletic); the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera, for example, states "The Calliphoridae are marked as a polyphyletic group of convenience...

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Thallus
Senin, 2025-12-22 19:11:01

Many of these organisms were previously known as the thallophytes, a polyphyletic group of distantly related organisms. An organism or structure resembling...

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Eumetazoa
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:31:43

Dicyemida and the dubious Monoblastozoa, but now are largely considered a polyphyletic group of simplified eumetazoans. Though some archaic fossil groups such...

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Physalospora
Rabu, 2023-10-25 10:52:04

leaves. Often confused with Botryosphaeria, Physalospora is probably polyphyletic. Physalospora abdita Physalospora alpestris Physalospora anamalaiensis...

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Oncidium
Kamis, 2026-04-30 19:47:29

phylogenetic study published in 2009 labeled the Oncidium alliance "grossly polyphyletic." In the same year, the American Orchid Society labeled the genus a "dumping...

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Milvus
Rabu, 2025-09-24 05:41:44

but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that such a grouping is polyphyletic for Buteoninae. It is now placed in the subfamily Buteoninae. The genus...

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Prehensile-tailed porcupine
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 01:25:00

subsumed into Coendou, since Sphiggurus was shown by genetic studies to be polyphyletic, while Echinoprocta nested within Coendou. Among the most notable features...

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Clostridia
Jumat, 2026-07-17 23:35:51

The Clostridia are a highly polyphyletic class of Bacillota, including Clostridium and other similar genera. They are distinguished from the Bacilli by...

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Camphorosmeae
Minggu, 2025-11-09 07:47:02

of the genera, especially Kochia and Bassia, were found to be highly polyphyletic, so some of their species had to be transferred to separate genera: Eokochia...

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Smithiastrum prenanthoides
Senin, 2023-10-09 20:33:46

and was re-split following the discovery that genera in the family are polyphyletic. S. prenanthoides belongs to one of several small genera in the Campanulaceae...

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Carunculated caracara
Sabtu, 2025-11-01 22:57:40

Phalcoboenus. Molecular genetic studies found that the genus Milvago was polyphyletic with the chimango caracara sister to the genus Phalcoboenus and the yellow-headed...

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Phylogenetic nomenclature
Minggu, 2026-08-02 03:32:25

paraphyletic group, a clade minus one or more subordinate clades. Names of polyphyletic groups, characterized by a trait that evolved convergently in two or...

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Persiculida
Senin, 2021-10-18 21:31:49

classified in an order called Aspidochirotida, which was determined to be polyphyletic in 2017. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Persiculida". www...

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Gastropod
Kamis, 2026-07-16 13:37:48

Whenever monophyly has not been tested, or is known to be paraphyletic or polyphyletic, the term "group" or "informal group" has been used. The classification...

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Endotherm
Jumat, 2026-06-26 21:19:13

An endotherm (from Greek ἔνδον endon "within" and θέρμη thermē "heat") is an organism that maintains its body at a metabolically favorable temperature...

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Harrier (bird)
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:02:53

but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that this grouping is polyphyletic, nested within the Accipitrinae. The harrier-hawks in the genus Polyboroides...

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Suliformes
Rabu, 2026-04-15 05:00:25

Regarding the recent evidence that the traditional Pelecaniformes is polyphyletic, it has been suggested that the group be divided to reflect the true...

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Tabebuia
Minggu, 2026-05-17 21:40:49

DNA sequences later showed that Tabebuia, as then circumscribed, was polyphyletic. In 2007, it was divided into three separate genera. Primavera (Roseodendron...

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Ichthyostega
Senin, 2026-08-17 21:30:14

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Psittacinae
Rabu, 2025-11-12 09:51:43

Roman times. The African parrots, unlike their Neotropical cousins, are polyphyletic: Agapornis of Africa and Madagascar was found to be the sister group...

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Citrus halimii
Selasa, 2025-09-30 02:51:35

citron, is a citrus with sour fruit. Historically placed within the polyphyletic grouping of papedas, it has since been determined to be a wild species...

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Limpet
Kamis, 2026-08-27 01:52:00

"patelliform" (dish-shaped). Existing within the class Gastropoda, limpets are a polyphyletic group (its members descending from different immediate ancestors). All...

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Plani (tribe)
Selasa, 2025-09-23 08:30:48

that claims paternal descent from one common ancestor; rather, it is polyphyletic. During the Ottoman period it formed a single bajrak (military-administrative...

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Solenogastres
Selasa, 2026-04-14 01:07:39

recent molecular evidence,[when?] indicates that the Aplacophora may be polyphyletic, and therefore some taxonomists may divide Solenogastres and Caudofoveata...

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Myxobolus
Minggu, 2026-08-16 00:53:01

important parasites of fish like Myxobolus cerebralis. The genus is polyphyletic, with members scattered throughout the myxozoa. Some stages of Myxobolus...

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Gaiasia
Jumat, 2025-05-30 17:30:04

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Volvox
Rabu, 2026-08-26 00:26:31

Volvox is a polyphyletic genus of chlorophyte green algae in the family Volvocaceae. Volvox species form spherical colonies of up to 50,000 cells, and...

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Saurischia
Selasa, 2026-07-28 10:28:04

other than they were to other archosaurs. Although his concept of a polyphyletic Dinosauria is no longer accepted by most paleontologists, Seeley's basic...

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Camelinae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 11:47:26

but was discarded by J. A. Harrison (1979) after it was shown to be polyphyletic: it consisted of the genera Camelops and Megatylopus, which were moved...

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Hindko
Kamis, 2026-08-20 07:41:08

Hindko (ہندکو, romanised: Hindko, IPA: [ˈɦɪnd̚koː]) is a polyphyletic label for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of...

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Madtsoiidae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 07:19:49

described, with more recent evidence suggesting that it is paraphyletic or polyphyletic as previously defined. Although madtsoiids persisted on Australia until...

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Moreae
Jumat, 2026-04-24 14:00:57

that includes the Osage orange. Recent work suggests that the tribe is polyphyletic. The Moreae are a tribe of trees, shrubs, climbers and herbs that are...

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Clinopodium
Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:38:01

This circumscription, called Clinopodium sensu lato, was shown to be polyphyletic in 2004, with additional information on the issue published in 2010....

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Cystoidea
Jumat, 2025-05-30 06:28:22

stalked taxa that were neither crinoids nor blastoids. It was shown to be polyphyletic in the late 1960s but continues to be used even in recent (as of 2022)...

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Subulo
Minggu, 2026-03-29 15:32:49

been controversial, with recent molecular studies finding Mazama to be polyphyletic, with Subulo being more related to other South American genera such as...

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Archaeplastida
Kamis, 2026-08-20 03:33:06

other protist classifications, making the term "algae" a rather vague polyphyletic group. Archaeplastida should not be confused with the older and obsolete...

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Turaco
Minggu, 2025-11-30 17:24:49

a phylogenetic analysis by Perktaş et al (2020) found genus Tauraco polyphyletic and a revised classification has been proposed based on molecular, morphological...

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Coix
Jumat, 2025-11-14 22:41:58

punctata This genus was formerly placed in the Maydeae, now known to be polyphyletic. Members of this genus produce their own variety of α-zein prolamins...

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Seaweed
Rabu, 2026-08-26 16:41:28

green and brown. They lack one common multicellular ancestor, forming a polyphyletic group. In addition, blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) are occasionally...

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Harpaginae
Rabu, 2026-05-20 16:41:12

but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that such a grouping is polyphyletic for Buteoninae. The subfamily contains four species in two genera: Microspizias...

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Chromista
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:37:14

Cavalier-Smith and colleagues indicated that the Chromista is probably a polyphyletic group whose members arose independently, sharing no more than descent...

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Aethalodelphis
Kamis, 2026-05-21 07:35:26

studies demonstrated that Lagenorhynchus as previously constituted was polyphyletic. As a result, in 2025 the Pacific white-sided dolphin and dusky dolphin...

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Stomiopera
Kamis, 2025-10-30 22:57:19

phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. The genus contains two species: The name Stomiopera was first proposed...

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Psilocybin mushroom
Rabu, 2026-08-26 16:57:21

Psilocybin mushroom is a type of hallucinogenic mushroom and a polyphyletic informal group of fungi that contain the prodrug psilocybin, which is metabolised...

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Centaurium
Sabtu, 2026-08-22 00:34:05

Americas, Australasia, and the Pacific. However this circumscription was polyphyletic, so in 2004 the genus was split into four, being Centaurium sensu stricto...

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Angelica
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 06:48:10

assigned to Angelica do not form a single evolutionary lineage, are polyphyletic and require taxonomic revision. PENA clade acronym for the genera Perideridia...

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Turridae
Minggu, 2026-08-16 08:06:39

fossil species. However, that original grouping was discovered to be polyphyletic. In recent years, the family Turridae has been much reduced in size,...

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Odocoileini
Kamis, 2026-02-26 00:27:09

by Gilbert et al. 2006 and Duarte et al. 2008, that showed Mazama is polyphyletic. Brooke, V., 1878. On the classiWcation of the Cervidae, with a synopsis...

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Geometer moth
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:20:14

traditional subfamilies within the group. However, the Oenochrominae are polyphyletic, falling in three clades within the tree. Traditionally, the Archiearinae...

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Acacia dealbata
Selasa, 2026-08-04 06:43:09

chloroplast DNA along with morphological characters found that the section is polyphyletic, though the close relationships of many species were unable to be resolved...

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Virus classification
Selasa, 2026-08-18 07:47:35

particles (RNA) Defective interfering particles (DNA) Viriforms are a polyphyletic category of endogenous viral elements. Sometime in their evolution, they...

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Pulmonata
Minggu, 2026-05-24 03:36:04

families. The taxon Pulmonata as traditionally defined was found to be polyphyletic in a molecular study per Jörger et al., dating from 2010. Pulmonata are...

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Abelia
Selasa, 2026-08-11 13:54:54

into Linnaea. In 2015 Wang, Landrein, et al. also found that Abelia was polyphyletic, and that Zabelia was more closely related to Morina than to the rest...

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Lobophylliidae
Senin, 2026-05-18 01:29:24

Faviidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae and Pectiniidae, which had been shown to be polyphyletic. The family Lobophylliidae was formed out of the Indo-Pacific species...

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Bahia porcupine
Senin, 2026-05-25 04:15:48

a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Sphiggurus pallidus, formerly considered a separate species but known...

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Heliozoa
Minggu, 2026-06-21 11:24:50

the rank of class or phylum, but it has been realised that they are polyphyletic, as the various orders show notable differences and are no longer believed...

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Monstersauria
Rabu, 2025-10-01 05:39:23

as Estesia, Primaderma and Gobiderma, but this group was found to be polyphyletic in the most recent and complete squamate phylogenetic analysis by Reeder...

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Worm
Jumat, 2026-06-19 21:45:26

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck for all non-arthropod invertebrate animals, now seen to be polyphyletic. In 1758, Linnaeus created the first hierarchical classification in his...

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Taxonomy (biology)
Senin, 2026-08-10 03:01:28

monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic mean?". miketaylor.org.uk. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010. "Polyphyletic vs. Monophyletic". National...

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Realm (virology)
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:22:23

last archaeal common ancestor. Duplodnaviria is either monophyletic or polyphyletic and may predate the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) of cellular...

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Sac spider
Sabtu, 2026-06-27 12:42:09

Hannah M. Wood and Gustavo Hormiga, the remaining Clubionidae remain polyphyletic as a result of the current placement of genus Elaver. male Clubiona durbana...

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Mammaliaformes
Minggu, 2026-07-19 23:27:15

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Grus (bird)
Rabu, 2026-05-06 16:31:09

study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the sandhill...

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Gloeocystidiellum
Selasa, 2025-05-27 12:57:06

family. Its species form crust-like, smooth fruitbodies. It is probably polyphyletic and may be restricted to the group around the type species G. porosum...

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Hybanthus
Kamis, 2026-07-16 05:33:41

pedicels of plants that are part of this genus. The genus is grossly polyphyletic and may contain up to nine different genera, of which Pombalia Vand....

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Batrachomorpha
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 03:02:52

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Tubulinea
Rabu, 2026-08-05 03:06:08

into testate Testacealobosia and naked Gymnamoebia. These latter are polyphyletic, but molecular trees by Bolivar et al. identified a core monophyletic...

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Apiales
Minggu, 2025-09-21 03:43:36

changed. In 2009, one of the subfamilies of Araliaceae was shown to be polyphyletic. The order Apiales is placed within the asterid group of eudicots as...

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Epidendroideae
Sabtu, 2026-07-25 20:29:04

Vandeae Lower epidendroids Arethuseae (polyphyletic) Calypsoeae Collabieae Dendrobieae Epidendreae (polyphyletic) Gastrodieae Malaxideae Neottieae Nervilieae...

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Pyricularia
Kamis, 2025-10-02 08:52:02

Pyricularia is a genus of fungi which was named by Saccardo in 1880. The polyphyletic nature of Pyricularia has been resolved and species of Pyricularia s...

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Handroanthus chrysotrichus
Minggu, 2026-02-01 20:08:53

various members classified in the genus Tabebuia showed that the taxon was polyphyletic, and two genera were resurrected to separate these members into three...

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Crab
Rabu, 2026-08-26 15:37:38

process of creating this set of characteristics. As a group, they are thus polyphyletic, meaning they have multiple evolutionary origins. Crabs vary in size...

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Wastebasket taxon
Selasa, 2026-05-26 23:45:43

other taxa. Wastebasket taxa are by definition either paraphyletic or polyphyletic, and are therefore not considered valid taxa under strict cladistic rules...

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Dictyophyllum
Rabu, 2026-06-10 02:45:19

has been questioned, with a 2018 study suggested that the genus was polyphyletic as currently used. Table copied from: Bodnar, Josefina; Drovandi, Juan;...

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Dichocrocis
Jumat, 2026-07-03 04:19:20

Lederer in 1863. Dichocrocis in its current composition is considered polyphyletic, with many of its species misplaced. However, the type species, D. frenatalis...

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Elvis taxon
Selasa, 2024-12-31 10:50:16

taxon containing specimens from before and after the extinction would be polyphyletic. The term "Elvis taxon" was coined by D. H. Erwin and M. L. Droser in...

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Polydactyly in stem-tetrapods
Sabtu, 2025-10-25 08:08:28

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Aschelminth
Senin, 2026-07-20 05:36:54

different invertebrate phyla formerly included within Aschelminthes. It is a polyphyletic group. Although invertebrate experts do not necessarily agree on these...

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Phasianidae
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 19:24:10

Perdicinae, but this arrangement is now known to be paraphyletic and polyphyletic, respectively, and more recent evidence supports breaking it up into...

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Charruodon
Senin, 2025-03-31 12:00:03

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Nothosaurus
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:08:25

first time. The analysis found both Lariosaurus and Nothosaurus to be polyphyletic in regard to each other and all the other genera of the family, making...

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Grey goshawk
Sabtu, 2026-07-18 18:14:51

Accipitridae confirmed earlier work that had shown that the genus was polyphyletic. To resolve the non-monophyly, Accipiter was divided into six genera...

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Lagenorhynchus
Jumat, 2025-09-26 22:07:13

However, there was consistent molecular evidence that the genus is polyphyletic and several of the species moved to other genera, leaving only the white-beaked...

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Protozoa
Selasa, 2026-06-16 01:00:29

(sing.: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that...

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Architaenioglossa
Sabtu, 2025-02-08 11:58:35

the clade Caenogastropoda. This "informal group" has been shown to be polyphyletic in a study by Harasewych et al., published in 1998. Superfamily Ampullarioidea...

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Aquatic animal
Sabtu, 2026-08-22 14:07:45

planktonic, but adults are highly terrestrial). Aquatic animals are a diverse polyphyletic group based purely on the natural environments they inhabit, and many...

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Galerina
Rabu, 2026-06-03 19:54:04

name, Galerina. Molecular studies have demonstrated that Galerina is polyphyletic. Gulden et al. (2005), using LSU and ITS sequences, recovered three or...

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Afroinsectiphilia
Jumat, 2026-04-17 02:53:33

part of the order Insectivora, but Insectivora is now considered to be polyphyletic and obsolete. Additionally, there might be some dental synapomorphies...

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Tritylodontidae
Kamis, 2026-08-06 20:41:47

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Ghost knifefish
Minggu, 2026-07-05 22:46:57

"artificial" and some of the species do not actually belong in it; it is polyphyletic. They are distinguished from other gymnotiform fishes by the presence...

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List of psilocybin mushroom species
Selasa, 2026-05-19 16:46:55

zapotecorum Psilocybe zhushanensis R.L. Zhao & B. Cao "Resolving the polyphyletic origins of Pholiotina s.l. (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) based on Chinese...

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Red-legged seriema
Rabu, 2026-07-22 03:09:12

the seriema family (Cariamidae), included in the Gruiformes in the old polyphyletic circumscription but recently placed in a distinct order: Cariamiformes...

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Megazostrodon
Senin, 2026-07-20 13:45:23

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Apiaceae
Minggu, 2026-08-23 22:19:29

flux, with many of the groups being found to be grossly paraphyletic or polyphyletic. Prior to molecular phylogenetic studies, the family was subdivided primarily...

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Hyperamoeba
Selasa, 2025-08-26 21:25:25

genus of amoeboid protists, described in 1923. It has been shown to be polyphyletic, and the species formerly contained in it have been divided among the...

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Algae
Jumat, 2026-08-14 04:29:33

water, although some macroalgae have holdfasts for anchorage. Algae are polyphyletic as they have multiple evolutionary origins. Although algae with two-membraned...

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Black-eared seedeater
Rabu, 2026-05-20 03:54:04

using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the...

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Disparida
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 01:31:05

classification is undergoing revision. Many proposed families are paraphyletic or polyphyletic. Family Acolocrinidae Acolocrinus Paracolocrinus Family Allagecrinidae...

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Abisara
Jumat, 2025-12-26 17:05:38

The genus formerly included African species but it was found to be polyphyletic in 2015. Several species formerly included in the genus were then moved...

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Eichhornia
Selasa, 2024-12-10 04:39:04

Eichhornia, commonly called water hyacinths, was a polyphyletic genus of the aquatic flowering plants family Pontederiaceae. Since it was consistently...

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Afrosoricida
Minggu, 2026-06-21 05:08:29

or Lipotyphla, but both of those groups, as traditionally used, are polyphyletic. Some biologists use Tenrecoidea or Tenrecomorpha as the name for the...

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Schefflera
Rabu, 2025-05-21 22:45:31

circumscription was polyphyletic, so most of its hundreds of species have been reassigned to other genera. Molecular analyses have recovered five polyphyletic clades...

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Aztecia
Minggu, 2026-08-02 18:23:15

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Hybodus
Minggu, 2026-08-09 12:20:56

and it is currently considered a wastebasket taxon that is 'broadly polyphyletic' and requires reexamination. It has been suggested that Hybodus sensu...

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Antigone (bird)
Senin, 2026-08-10 14:58:51

molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus Grus was polyphyletic. In the subsequent rearrangement four species were placed in the resurrected...

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Agnotozoa
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 13:38:13

Agnotozoa is a rejected subkingdom of simple animals that is now considered polyphyletic. It is one of the three "traditional" animal subkingdoms, along with...

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Heterotremata
Senin, 2026-06-08 19:50:19

but rather paraphyletic or polyphyletic: The superfamilies Calappoidea, Eriphioidea, and Goneplacoidea are polyphyletic The superfamily Potamoidea is...

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Tachyspiza
Selasa, 2026-06-02 10:07:23

genus Accipiter. Molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic and in the subsequent rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the...

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Rhinobatos
Minggu, 2026-07-05 15:38:53

Although previously used to encompass all guitarfishes, it was found to be polyphyletic, and recent authorities have transferred many species included in the...

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Burmanniales
Senin, 2026-05-18 08:58:43

convergent. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Burmanniales was actually polyphyletic, resulting in a redistribution of the families between the Liliales and...

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Parareptilia
Minggu, 2026-04-12 05:02:49

Parareptilia ("near-reptiles") is an extinct subclass of basal sauropsids ("reptiles"). Traditionally considered the sister taxon to Eureptilia (the group...

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Pilosa
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 00:30:09

have poorly developed molars). Edentata was subsequently realized to be polyphyletic; it contained unrelated families and was thus invalid. Order Pilosa Suborder...

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Maxillaria
Selasa, 2025-08-26 14:47:57

embedded within Maxillaria as then circumscribed, rendering that genus polyphyletic. The authors suggested recognizing 17 separate genera, including in addition...

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Rosales
Minggu, 2026-05-17 21:06:17

In the obsolete Cronquist system, the order Rosales was many times polyphyletic. It consisted of the family Rosaceae and 23 other families that are now...

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Pseudocrenilabrinae
Rabu, 2026-08-05 18:29:09

1904 (probably polyphyletic) Neolamprologus Colombé & Allgayer, 1985 (polyphyletic?) Telmatochromis Boulenger, 1898 (probably polyphyletic) Variabilichromis...

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Brood parasitism
Jumat, 2026-07-10 04:09:21

Moller; Soler; Soler (1999). "Molecular phylogeny of cuckoos supports a polyphyletic origin of brood parasitism". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12 (3):...

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Lilium bosniacum
Selasa, 2026-06-23 09:24:36

carniolicum. However, extensive DNA-analyses have shown that this group is polyphyletic. Lilium bosniacum Beck ex Fritsch 1909 Section 3b Syn.: L. carniolicum...

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Siberut macaque
Selasa, 2026-08-25 06:05:52

pagensis) which is overall paler in color, but this arrangement was polyphyletic. Both were formerly considered subspecies of the southern pig-tailed...

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Cephalopod
Selasa, 2026-08-11 16:35:18

Oncocerida Order † Discosorida Order † Tarphycerida Order † Barrandeocerida A polyphyletic group included in the Tarphycerida Order Nautilida Subclass † Bactritoidea...

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Aristaloe
Sabtu, 2026-08-08 07:06:43

Recent phylogenetic studies have demonstrated that the genus Aloe is polyphyletic and that this unusual species is not in fact an aloe, but is more closely...

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Zeltnera beyrichii
Selasa, 2026-06-30 05:56:52

Centaurium beyrichii. Mansion, Guilhem (2004). "A new classification of the polyphyletic genus Centaurium Hill (Chironiinae, Gentianaceae): description of the...

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White-rumped seedeater
Rabu, 2026-05-20 06:38:36

using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the...

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Flabellifera
Senin, 2022-03-28 23:13:37

Flabellifera is a former suborder of isopod crustaceans. It is a polyphyletic or paraphyletic group, and contained over 3000 species. Its members are now...

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Leohumicola atra
Kamis, 2026-07-16 19:15:42

Exobasidiomycetes Agaricomycotina Dacrymycetales Agaricomycetes Wallemiomycetes Bartheletiomycetes Tremellomycetes See also: fungi imperfecti (polyphyletic group)....

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Prestosuchus
Kamis, 2026-08-06 11:06:45

carnivorous pseudosuchians ancestral to crocodylomorphs. Prestosuchidae is polyphyletic in its widest form, though it may retain some utility in a narrower sense...

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Pueraria
Kamis, 2025-08-07 17:54:33

outcrops and in rocky areas. The genus, as traditionally circumscribed, is polyphyletic, with different species being more related to other species in the tribe...

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Ranunculales
Minggu, 2026-08-16 09:39:21

Magnoliidae. The Cronquist circumscription of Ranunculales is now known to be polyphyletic. Sabiaceae is in a clade of eudicots separate from Ranunculales. Coriariaceae...

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Loganiaceae
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:32:48

studies have demonstrated that this broadly defined Loganiaceae was a polyphyletic assemblage, and numerous genera have been removed from Loganiaceae to...

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Seagrass
Kamis, 2026-08-20 20:20:35

marine macroalgae with new structural elements. Today, seagrasses are a polyphyletic group of marine angiosperms with around 60 species in five families (Zosteraceae...

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Quetzalcoatlus
Jumat, 2026-08-21 12:58:55

from poor preservation. In 2025, Quetzalcoatlus was suggested to be polyphyletic with Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni not being sister to Quetzalcoatlus northropi...

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Southern Bantoid languages
Rabu, 2026-03-18 23:09:57

group was subsequently called into question, and Bantoid itself may be polyphyletic, but the work did establish Southern Bantoid as a valid genetic unit...

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Chlorophytum comosum
Senin, 2026-08-24 18:29:34

species of disparate origin, leading to the species C. comosum being polyphyletic, instead of the traditional view of morphological divergence among the...

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Huso
Kamis, 2026-03-26 12:46:34

kaluga from East Asia. However, this placement was long found to be polyphyletic, with the kaluga grouping with other East Asian sturgeon species. In...

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Brown hairy dwarf porcupine
Minggu, 2025-09-28 09:51:42

a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relative is the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou pruinosus)...

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Harajicadectes
Senin, 2026-03-30 13:29:08

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Alternaria
Sabtu, 2025-12-06 04:38:18

microorganisms with highly bioactive metabolites. The genus is now known to be polyphyletic. As of 5 August 2023[update], the GBIF lists up to 602 species, while...

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Ungulate
Rabu, 2026-08-05 07:54:05

as several extinct taxa, "Ungulata" has since been determined to be a polyphyletic grouping based on molecular data. As a result, true ungulates have since...

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Pholiotina
Kamis, 2026-02-26 15:54:34

phylogenetics study has shown that, while Pholiotina as currently defined is polyphyletic, the three clades that have been placed in Pholiotina are more closely...

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Xianshou
Senin, 2025-03-31 03:48:42

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Testate amoebae
Selasa, 2026-08-04 20:56:17

Testate amoebae (formerly thecamoebians, Testacea or Thecamoeba) are a polyphyletic group of unicellular amoeboid protists, which differ from naked amoebae...

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Allothereua
Minggu, 2026-06-21 17:14:16

found. A 2009 study of scutigeromorph phylogeny found Allothereua to be polyphyletic; some species were more closely related to Parascutigera. The genus name...

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Arabian serin
Rabu, 2026-05-20 03:53:22

using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the...

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DNA virus
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:47:05

cellular life. Its origin is not known, nor whether it is monophyletic or polyphyletic. A characteristic feature is the HK97-fold found in the MCP of all members...

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Fur seal
Jumat, 2026-08-14 00:15:49

lions than they are to the Northern fur seal, so it was found to be a polyphyletic group. They are much more closely related to sea lions than true seals...

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Rubigula
Kamis, 2026-02-05 01:25:31

study of the bulbul family published in 2017 found that Pycnonotus was polyphyletic. In the revision to the generic classification five species were moved...

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Aerospiza
Selasa, 2026-05-19 03:36:22

genus Accipiter. Molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic and in the subsequent rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the...

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Lepospondyli
Rabu, 2026-08-19 01:54:22

containing reptiles and mammals). It has been suggested that the grouping is polyphyletic, with aistopods being primitive stem-tetrapods, while recumbirostran...

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Gasteroid fungi
Minggu, 2026-08-02 12:01:39

(fruit bodies) rather than on an outer surface. However, the class is polyphyletic, as such species—which include puffballs, earthballs, earthstars, stinkhorns...

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Roosmalen's dwarf porcupine
Selasa, 2026-06-02 02:46:04

authors. Genetic studies in 2013 have since showed Sphiggurus to be polyphyletic (this taxon was omitted from the study). Nonetheless, it is commonly...

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Sensu
Selasa, 2026-07-21 01:36:52

for historical reasons, for example when people usually speak of the polyphyletic taxon because the members were long believed to form a "true" taxon and...

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Crested goshawk
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:22:16

Accipiter. When molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic, the genus was split to create monophyletic genera. As part of this reorganisation...

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Pederpes
Rabu, 2025-02-19 17:51:24

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Cantharellus
Selasa, 2026-05-19 19:04:22

Exobasidiomycetes Agaricomycotina Dacrymycetales Agaricomycetes Wallemiomycetes Bartheletiomycetes Tremellomycetes See also: fungi imperfecti (polyphyletic group)....

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Dung beetle
Selasa, 2026-08-11 10:26:12

Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae...

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Lampetra
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 17:16:25

Phylogenetic studies indicate that this genus as presently defined is polyphyletic, with species of this genus from western North America forming a clade...

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Orchidoideae
Selasa, 2025-05-27 05:35:19

molecular studies, Chase et al's 2015 analysis confirmed that Diseae was a polyphyletic grouping. Consequently, the former subtribes of Diseae have been redistributed...

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Seed plant
Sabtu, 2026-04-04 01:11:33

orders, some of them formerly grouped as "Pteridospermatophyta", the polyphyletic "seed ferns". †Cordaitales †Calamopityales †Callistophytales †Caytoniales...

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Cupressus
Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:01:34

family Cupressaceae; for the others, see cypress. It is considered a polyphyletic group. Based on genetic and morphological analysis, the genus Cupressus...

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Conus (Cylinder)
Rabu, 2026-05-27 20:59:59

represented as Conus Thiele, 1929. The same study found Cylinder to be polyphyletic, but morphologically consistent, possibly corresponding to grades. Conus...

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Recumbirostra
Minggu, 2026-08-23 08:59:41

in "Microsauria", which has since been shown to be a paraphyletic or polyphyletic grouping. Like other "microsaurs", the recumbirostrans have traditionally...

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Serinus
Kamis, 2026-08-20 21:39:21

studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences that the genus was polyphyletic. This was confirmed by Dario Zuccon and coworkers in a comprehensive...

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Papeda (citrus)
Kamis, 2026-03-12 22:25:30

the Citrus phylogenetic tree, and hence Swingle's proposed subgenus is polyphyletic and not a valid taxonomic grouping, but the term persists as a common...

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Akletos
Kamis, 2024-10-03 03:18:29

phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these species...

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Melanesian languages
Senin, 2026-02-23 01:12:07

a genealogical node: they are at best paraphyletic, and very likely polyphyletic; like Papuan, the term is now used as one of convenience, and sometimes...

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Pachydermata
Rabu, 2026-08-05 00:13:34

classification was identified from genetic studies. The grouping is polyphyletic, so the order is no longer in use as a biological classification.[when...

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Mucorales
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:37:07

are quite artificial. For example, the Mucoraceae is believed to be polyphyletic, as are the Thamnidiaceae, Chaetocladiaceae and Radiomycetaceae. Some...

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Greater roadrunner
Selasa, 2026-07-28 09:18:22

Møller; Soler; Soler (1999). "Molecular phylogeny of cuckoos supports a polyphyletic origin of brood parasitism". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12 (3):...

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Euphorbia
Kamis, 2026-08-27 02:58:26

re-evolved namely in Chamaesyce—or whether extensive xeromorphism is entirely polyphyletic even to the level of the subgenera. Esula Wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides...

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Corticata
Rabu, 2026-07-01 17:16:54

plants, red algae, green algae, and glaucophytes) Chromalveolata (a polyphyletic group including kelp, water moulds, ciliates, dinoflagellates, and other...

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Marine invertebrates
Rabu, 2026-07-01 21:08:39

habitats, and make up most of the macroscopic life in the oceans. It is a polyphyletic blanket term that contains all marine animals except the marine vertebrates...

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Agriarctos
Senin, 2025-11-24 00:30:46

depereti was assigned to Agriarctos by Kretzoi, but now proved to be polyphyletic. Agriarctos beatrix was published in 2011 as a new species of Agriarctos...

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Dwarf pufferfish
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 21:41:28

on molecular evidence and demonstrates the polyphyletic nature of the genus Carinotetraodon. A polyphyletic genus is one in which members share common...

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Caloplaca
Senin, 2025-07-07 04:55:25

500 species. Since the advent of molecular phylogenetics, the formerly polyphyletic genus has been split into more than 30 smaller, monophyletic genera after...

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Torvosaurus
Minggu, 2026-08-23 00:26:21

basal trait that Galton & Jensen saw as an indication that Theropoda was polyphyletic, with Carnosauria having independently evolved from carnivorous Prosauropoda)...

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Myriopteris cooperae
Minggu, 2026-07-05 07:55:25

methods showed that the traditional circumscription of Cheilanthes is polyphyletic. Convergent evolution in arid environments is thought to be responsible...

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Gomphrenoideae
Minggu, 2025-11-09 08:22:19

species in America and about 30 species in Australia. This genus is polyphyletic, so taxonomical changes have to be expected. Gomphrena pulchella Gomphrena...

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Puffball
Rabu, 2026-06-17 10:17:13

the Gasteromycetes or Gasteromycetidae, but they are now known to be a polyphyletic assemblage. The distinguishing feature of all puffballs is that they...

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Mycosphaerella
Sabtu, 2024-04-13 07:23:05

morphological characteristics to show that Mycosphaerella s. lat. was in fact polyphyletic, suggesting that it should be subdivided into natural genera as defined...

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Aistopoda
Minggu, 2026-08-16 09:37:18

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Black Dutch (genealogy)
Rabu, 2026-08-12 04:20:22

Polyphyletic ethnonym in the United States...

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Galzinia
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:24:49

based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, suggests the genus may be polyphyletic. The type species has not yet been sequenced, but Galzinia longibasidia...

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Hyracoidea
Minggu, 2026-05-24 02:36:59

†Bunohyrax †Geniohyus †Namahyrax †Nengohyrax †Pachyhyrax †"Saghatheriidae" (Polyphyletic) †Megalohyrax †Regubahyrax †Rukwalorax †Saghatherium †Selenohyrax †Thyrohyrax...

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Finch
Kamis, 2026-08-13 12:10:35

three largest genera, Carpodacus, Carduelis and Serinus were found to be polyphyletic. Each was split into monophyletic genera. The American rosefinches were...

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Pangasius
Minggu, 2026-08-09 21:17:03

classifications were confirmed in 2000 except for Neopangasius, found to be polyphyletic and to be part of Pangasius (Pangasius), thus leaving three subgenera...

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Prestosuchidae
Kamis, 2026-06-18 10:41:15

Prestosuchidae (in its widest usage) is a polyphyletic grouping of carnivorous archosaurs that lived during the Triassic. They were large active terrestrial...

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Eotetrapodiformes
Sabtu, 2026-08-15 04:31:47

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Eastern buzzard
Selasa, 2026-08-25 18:46:35

phylogenetic studies revealed that B. buteo as then circumscribed was polyphyletic, leading to the recognition of the eastern buzzard and Himalayan buzzard...

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Rhizodontida
Rabu, 2026-06-03 05:36:20

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Opselater
Senin, 2024-10-14 02:01:32

Simone Policena Rosa [species], she stated some members of this genus are polyphyletic with Lygelater bifossulatus [species] (Candèze, 1865), which discouraged...

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Adelobasileus
Minggu, 2026-06-21 02:42:55

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Phaseoleae
Minggu, 2026-05-03 18:36:26

11646/phytotaxa.218.3.1. Egan AN, Vatanparast M, Cagle W (2016). "Parsing polyphyletic Pueraria: Delimiting distinct evolutionary lineages through phylogeny"...

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Afrotheria
Minggu, 2026-08-09 11:07:53

golden mole, tenrecs, and elephant shrews with the traditional (and polyphyletic/incorrect) taxon Insectivora; and the aardvarks with the pangolins and...

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Sordariomycetes
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:30:19

Exobasidiomycetes Agaricomycotina Dacrymycetales Agaricomycetes Wallemiomycetes Bartheletiomycetes Tremellomycetes See also: fungi imperfecti (polyphyletic group)....

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Malacostraca
Jumat, 2026-07-10 16:11:49

the classically recognized Eucarida paraphyletic. Syncarida is also polyphyletic which Bathynellacea and Anaspidacea are not sister groups to each other...

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Botany
Minggu, 2026-08-23 07:31:58

ancestral eukaryotic cell and a cyanobacterial resident. The algae are a polyphyletic group and are placed in various divisions, some more closely related...

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Percoidei
Kamis, 2026-03-26 12:40:12

morphologically similar families. However, such a treatment is now known to be polyphyletic. Suborder Percoidei Percoidea Centropomidae (Snooks) Latidae (Lates)...

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Sabdariffa
Selasa, 2026-07-14 04:13:19

The genus was reinstated in 2025 after genus Hibiscus was found to be polyphyletic, and comprises the former Hibiscus section Furcaria. 117 species are...

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Eungella honeyeater
Kamis, 2026-03-12 07:35:58

phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. BirdLife International (2022). "Bolemoreus hindwoodi". IUCN Red List...

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Larus
Jumat, 2026-08-07 01:15:38

gulls were placed in this genus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of the genera Chroicocephalus, Ichthyaetus...

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Tagicetus
Selasa, 2026-02-24 04:32:42

Tagicetus is an extinct genus of dolphin belonging to the polyphyletic family Kentriodontidae. Although classified in the subfamily Kentriodontinae by...

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Daidal
Senin, 2026-05-18 03:32:57

discovered in Westphalia, Germany. The genus has been proposed to be polyphyletic, with D. pattoni possibly being an earlier diverging lineage, though...

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Archeria (animal)
Selasa, 2026-08-18 08:32:05

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Eurasian goshawk
Rabu, 2026-07-15 00:40:06

Accipiter. When molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic, the genus was split to create monophyletic genera. The genus Astur was...

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Boletus
Selasa, 2026-07-07 10:22:28

kinds of plants. More recently, Boletus has been found to be massively polyphyletic, with only a small percentage of the over 300 species that have been...

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Coxsackievirus
Kamis, 2026-08-06 23:48:45

Coxsackieviruses are a few related enteroviruses that belong to the Picornaviridae family of nonenveloped, linear, positive-sense, single-stranded, RNA...

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Porrhoclubiona
Jumat, 2026-03-27 17:59:01

described as a subgenus of Clubiona by H. Lohmander in 1944. Clubiona is a polyphyletic group that has been divided and reorganized many times, and whether this...

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Conocybe
Senin, 2026-08-03 05:59:16

subgenus of Conocybe. However, Pholiotina as it is currently defined is polyphyletic, although none of the three clades that make it up belong in Conocybe...

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Holothuriida
Kamis, 2025-09-25 20:48:38

classified in the order Aspidochirotida, which was determined to be polyphyletic in 2017. Some taxa were also reclassified into the clades Synallactida...

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Mastigomycotina
Kamis, 2025-09-18 07:40:44

Mastigomycotina is a former polyphyletic taxonomic grouping, a subdivision, of fungi, similar to Phycomycetes, and that included the zoosporic classes...

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Badger
Selasa, 2026-08-18 18:51:49

short-legged omnivores in the superfamily Musteloidea. Badgers are a polyphyletic rather than a natural taxonomic grouping, being united by their squat...

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Oleaceae
Senin, 2026-05-18 07:10:55

not easy to distinguish from Chionanthus, mostly because the latter is polyphyletic and not clearly defined. Tribe Myxopyreae Myxopyrum Blume Dimetra Kerr...

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Juanulloa
Selasa, 2026-03-24 08:17:34

native to Central and South America. It is likely that Juanulloa is polyphyletic. Species currently accepted by The Plant List are as follows: Juanulloa...

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Citrus taxonomy
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:38:04

phylogenetic divisions of pure founder species, Swingle's subgenera were polyphyletic, and hence do not represent valid taxonomy. His novel genera also fail...

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Barameda
Senin, 2026-07-27 17:27:28

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Proterogyrinus
Jumat, 2026-03-06 04:21:00

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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White-naped crane
Minggu, 2026-08-16 10:05:37

phylogenetic study published in 2010 found that the genus, as then defined, was polyphyletic. In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, four species:...

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Trilobite
Senin, 2026-08-24 20:20:45

exoskeleton and eyes. Some scholars have proposed that the order Agnostida is polyphyletic, with the suborder Agnostina representing non-trilobite arthropods unrelated...

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Anapsid
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:31:07

An anapsid is an amniote whose skull lacks one or more skull openings (fenestra, or fossae) near the temples. Traditionally, the Anapsida are considered...

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Microscalenodon
Kamis, 2025-05-08 17:27:39

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Japanese sparrowhawk
Senin, 2026-03-02 10:40:17

Accipitridae confirmed earlier work that had shown that the genus was polyphyletic. To resolve the non-monophyly, Accipiter was divided into six genera...

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Embolomeri
Senin, 2026-06-22 11:40:57

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Wading bird
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 23:06:57

data. However recent genomic studies have found that this group to be polyphyletic, with flamingos being more closely related to grebes while ibises, herons...

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Muenchhusia
Kamis, 2026-06-11 22:21:20

Russell L. Barrett reinstated the genus after Hibiscus was found to be polyphyletic. Five species are accepted. Muenchhusia coccinea (Walter) M.M.Hanes &...

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Hyainailouridae
Jumat, 2026-08-21 04:14:13

cats") is a paraphyletic family of extinct predatory mammals within the polyphyletic superfamily Hyainailouroidea within extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil...

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Multiregional origin of modern humans
Selasa, 2026-07-21 12:56:20

being labeled polyphyletic. Weidenreich himself in 1949 wrote: "I may run the risk of being misunderstood, namely that I believe in polyphyletic evolution...

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Parker's antbird
Senin, 2026-01-05 22:28:38

phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that genus Cercomacra was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split to create two monophyletic genera, and...

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Uniramia
Senin, 2026-08-17 09:45:50

Sidnie Manton. This classification divided arthropods into a three-phyla polyphyletic group, with phylum Uniramia including the Hexapoda (insects), Myriapoda...

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Gyrfalcon
Selasa, 2026-08-25 19:52:59

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00326.x. "Phylogenomic insights into the polyphyletic nature of Altai falcons within eastern sakers (Falco cherrug) and the...

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Nogra
Rabu, 2025-01-22 04:22:11

N.; Vatanparast, Mohammad; Cagle, William (November 2016). "Parsing polyphyletic Pueraria: Delimiting distinct evolutionary lineages through phylogeny"...

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Ysengrinia
Minggu, 2026-06-07 23:59:31

Miocene. However, more recent research suggests that the genus might be polyphyletic, and that several of its species should be excluded from Ysengrinia....

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Archosauriformes
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:27:47

(2016) that reexamined all historical members of the "Proterosuchia" (a polyphyletic historical group including proterosuchids and erythrosuchids). The placement...

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Pleurothallidinae
Rabu, 2025-11-19 10:09:29

Trisetella, and Zootrophion. Many genera in the Pleurothallidinae were found polyphyletic, for example species attributed to the genus Pleurothallis are scattered...

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Bluestreak cleaner wrasse
Selasa, 2026-08-11 22:36:16

L. dimidiatus clade, so the bluestreak cleaner wrasse may in fact be polyphyletic, incorporating several species. This is a young wrasse, averaging 10 cm...

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Cytonuclear discordance
Kamis, 2026-08-20 16:04:44

Phylogenies based on complete mitogenomes recovered some species as para- or polyphyletic. By contrast, a phylogeny based on nuclear genes derived from transcriptomic...

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Ecdysozoa
Selasa, 2026-08-11 17:54:37

with Annelida in a group called the Articulata, and that Ecdysozoa are polyphyletic. Nielsen has suggested that a possible solution is to regard Ecdysozoa...

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Ochetoceratinae
Rabu, 2026-02-11 05:45:11

The median (middle) keel is the tallest. The Ochetoceratinae may be polyphyletic, derived from both the Oppeliidae and Hecticoceratinae as suggested by...

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Hybrid speciation
Rabu, 2026-08-26 14:42:11

species is also called a nothospecies. Hybrid species are by their nature polyphyletic. A hybrid may occasionally be better fitted to the local environment...

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Cisco (fish)
Rabu, 2026-01-14 06:53:54

data this is not a natural classification however, as the ciscoes are polyphyletic, comprising two different lineages within the freshwater whitefishes...

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Margarodidae
Selasa, 2026-01-27 11:33:36

for many years, and the Margarodidae classification continued to be polyphyletic through the 20th Century. Since then, taking the advice of Koteja several...

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Sloth
Jumat, 2026-07-24 01:55:59

nothrotheriids. They make the previously recognized family Megalonychidae polyphyletic, with both two-toed sloths and Greater Antilles sloths being moved away...

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Dvinia
Kamis, 2026-07-30 10:58:30

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Ornithogalum
Selasa, 2026-08-18 00:26:55

Speta's 14 genera into one was not widely accepted, though they were polyphyletic, and had a number of problems. (This also had the effect of eliminating...

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Mating of gastropods
Minggu, 2026-07-12 15:59:13

retained only internal remnants of a shell. Land slugs are a highly polyphyletic group, which means that many land slug families are not at all closely...

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Chlorellaceae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 07:40:20

Hegewaldia Parachlorella clade Parachlorella Marasphaerium Dictyosphaerium (polyphyletic) Compactochlorella Mucidosphaerium Planktochlorella Closteriopsis Coronacoccus...

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Otarioidea
Kamis, 2026-07-09 10:37:13

stem-relatives. In the past when the pinnipeds were considered to be a polyphyletic group of marine mammals, a few points of cranial and dental morphology...

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Asemospiza
Kamis, 2025-10-30 22:57:29

molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tiaris was polyphyletic. In the resulting reorganization to create monophyletic genera, these...

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Pachygrapsus
Kamis, 2025-10-23 14:41:32

small shore crabs. Recent genetic data suggest this genus to be possibly polyphyletic. It comprises the following species: Pachygrapsus corrugatus (von Martens...

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Carduelis
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:07:55

The name carduelis is the Latin word for the European goldfinch. The polyphyletic nature of the genus was confirmed by Dario Zuccon and coworkers in a...

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Megaconus
Selasa, 2026-07-21 20:04:34

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Gerobatrachus
Minggu, 2026-08-09 23:41:22

Temnospondyli. The phylogeny supported by the 2008 analysis has been called the "polyphyletic hypothesis" and is one of three main hypotheses for lissamphibian origins...

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White-gaped honeyeater
Senin, 2025-10-06 02:53:55

phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. BirdLife International (2016). "Stomiopera unicolor". IUCN Red List...

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Sand shark
Rabu, 2026-05-20 08:16:43

Odontaspis do not actually form a monophyletic clade, making the family polyphyletic as previously defined. Due to these findings, Carcharias was split into...

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Dilleniidae
Senin, 2023-04-24 00:58:35

Primulales Recent molecular systematic studies have shown that this group is polyphyletic. The APG II system does not use formal botanical names above the rank...

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Brachychiton fitzgeraldianus
Kamis, 2025-10-23 10:23:54

that family, along with Bombacaceae and Tiliaceae, has been found to be polyphyletic and is now sunk into a more broadly-defined Malvaceae Stevens, Peter...

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Phycomycetes
Sabtu, 2025-09-27 18:29:23

Phycomycetes or algal fungi is an obsolete polyphyletic taxon for certain fungi with aseptate hyphae. It is used in the Engler system. Asexual reproduction...

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Caligavis
Rabu, 2026-08-05 10:26:59

phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. The genus contains three species: The name Caligavis was first proposed...

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Ambrosia fungi
Jumat, 2025-09-26 07:12:15

are a few dozen species described ambrosia fungi, currently placed in polyphyletic genera Ambrosiella, Rafaellea and Dryadomyces (all from Ophiostomatales...

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White-eye
Selasa, 2026-05-19 08:39:53

diverse (because, as we now know, the group as formerly defined was polyphyletic). Combined with the yuhinas (and possibly other Timaliidae), the limits...

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Boletaceae
Rabu, 2026-08-12 12:30:46

(particularly Boletus, Leccinum and Xerocomus), have revealed to be highly polyphyletic, and the original number of genera within the family had been underestimated...

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Rhizocarpon geographicum
Minggu, 2026-08-16 10:27:37

DNA sequence data has shown that the yellow species of Rhizocarpon are polyphyletic (not descendant from a single ancestor) and that several characters traditionally...

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Black-tailed hairy dwarf porcupine
Rabu, 2025-10-01 21:01:12

a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou...

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Informal group (taxonomy)
Kamis, 2026-05-07 06:01:40

that is not well defined. This type of group can be paraphyletic or polyphyletic but is kept for ease, pending new systems of classification. Examples...

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Parasitic worm
Jumat, 2026-05-29 13:29:41

Parasitic worms, also known as helminths, are a polyphyletic group of large macroparasites; adults can generally be seen with the naked eye. Many are intestinal...

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Elliotherium
Sabtu, 2024-06-29 22:20:37

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Ferae
Senin, 2026-08-24 15:57:24

stem-relatives). However, recent studies have shown that Creodonta is an invalid polyphyletic taxon. Members of this group are now part of clade Pan-Carnivora and...

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Scrophulariaceae
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:02:37

phylogenies have shown the traditional broad circumscription to be grossly polyphyletic. Many genera have recently been transferred to other families within...

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Niptus
Rabu, 2026-02-04 07:55:32

the Nearctic, and North Africa. Niptus as it is currently described is polyphyletic and researchers have suggested splitting it into two or more genera....

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Pasteurellaceae
Senin, 2026-06-22 01:19:28

Molecular signatures in the form of CSIs have also been used to help resolve polyphyletic distribution of three main genera within the family Pasteurellaceae:...

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Lichenostomus
Kamis, 2025-10-30 22:38:08

molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the genus was polyphyletic. Former members were moved to the six new genera: Nesoptilotis, Bolemoreus...

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Streaked dwarf porcupine
Senin, 2025-10-06 07:12:41

a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relatives are the frosted hairy dwarf porcupine (Coendou...

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Chalcididae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 07:06:32

of parasitoids and a few hyperparasitoids. The family is apparently polyphyletic, though the different subfamilies may each be monophyletic, and some...

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Prosthecomicrobium
Selasa, 2026-02-10 09:16:26

G. E.; Fuerst, J. A.; Staley, J. T. (2010). "Reclassification of the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium to form two novel genera, Vasilyevaea gen. Nov...

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Hornbill
Selasa, 2026-07-21 21:21:56

Penelopides form another clade. However, according to this study, Aceros is polyphyletic; the rufous-headed hornbill, writhed hornbill, and wrinkled hornbill...

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Oplophoridae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 06:44:16

phylogenetics suggests that the family as currently circumscribed is polyphyletic, and may lead to the resurrection of a family Acanthephyridae for all...

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Salmon
Selasa, 2026-08-11 19:19:18

2009. Retrieved 1 June 2009. Correa, Cristian; Moran, Paul (2017). "Polyphyletic ancestry of expanding Patagonian Chinook salmon populations". Scientific...

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Bacillota
Jumat, 2026-08-21 19:31:39

phylogenetic trees, the first two groups show up as paraphyletic or polyphyletic, as do their main genera, Clostridium and Bacillus. However, Bacillota...

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Brycon
Jumat, 2026-08-21 16:19:04

analyses using cladistics have rendered Brycon to be paraphyletic or even polyphyletic, and have recommended taxonomic review of the genus. The clades within...

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Blue-crowned parakeet
Minggu, 2026-06-14 13:52:45

phylogenetic studies showed that the genus, as traditionally defined, was polyphyletic. The blue-crowned parakeet is a medium-sized bird measuring approximately...

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Demosponge
Senin, 2026-08-24 01:17:37

the last ten years. Some demosponge subclasses and orders are actually polyphyletic or should be included in other orders, so that Morrow and Cárdenas (2015)...

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Brocket deer
Minggu, 2026-03-29 21:46:02

morphologically similar species of brockets (Mazama) and suggests a polyphyletic origin. In particular, M. americana showed a striking kinship with Odocoileus...

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Brahminy starling
Senin, 2025-09-29 01:09:27

molecular phylogenetic study published in 2008 found that the genus was polyphyletic. In the reoganization to create monotypic genera, the brahminy starling...

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Pleurotaceae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 00:54:20

distribution of nematophagy support a monophyletic Pleurotaceae within the polyphyletic pleurotoid-lentinoid fungi". Mycologia. 92 (2): 241–52. doi:10.1080/00275514...

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Mammaliamorpha
Rabu, 2025-12-17 20:46:53

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Cyamioidea
Senin, 2025-10-06 13:39:52

Cyamiidae, Gaimardiidae, and Sportellidae. The group is suspected to be polyphyletic. WoRMS. "Cyamioidea G. O. Sars, 1878". World Register of Marine Species...

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Catkin
Minggu, 2026-07-12 20:18:39

molecular phylogeny work, it is now believed that Hamamelididae is a polyphyletic group. This suggests that the catkin flower arrangement has arisen at...

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Geochelone
Kamis, 2025-10-30 22:28:47

recently removed from the genus. This taxon as formerly defined was "polyphyletic, representing at least five independent clades". Tortoises removed include...

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Asplenium nidus
Selasa, 2026-05-19 07:21:27

Both the 2020 study and a 2015 molecular study found that A. nidus is polyphyletic, meaning that some populations were not closely related to others—A. nidus...

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Eucynodontia
Selasa, 2024-10-01 01:03:41

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Gerrardina
Sabtu, 2025-05-24 10:37:35

in southeastern Africa. Until recently, the genus was placed in the polyphyletic family Flacourtiaceae, but it was abnormal there due to its apical placentation...

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Grosbeak
Senin, 2026-05-18 19:43:54

Passeroidea, these birds are not part of a natural group but rather a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related songbirds. Some are cardueline finches...

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Charadriidae
Rabu, 2026-07-29 09:44:21

Modern genetic evidence has however shown that this arrangement was polyphyletic, with in particular, many species traditionally placed in the plover...

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Afrocanthium keniense
Selasa, 2026-05-19 09:18:58

molecular phylogenetic study of DNA sequences found the genus Canthium to be polyphyletic. The authors of this study transferred 20 species, including Canthium...

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Gymnothorax
Rabu, 2026-07-08 03:25:26

speciose genus of moray eels. Gymnothorax as currently recognized is polyphyletic, and comparative studies are needed before action is taken to resurrect...

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Pinguicula
Rabu, 2026-08-26 23:09:55

of the sections were polyphyletic. The diagram below gives a more accurate representation of the correct cladogram. Polyphyletic sections are marked with...

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Gogonasus
Senin, 2026-07-27 17:27:49

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Anthracobia
Minggu, 2024-05-05 13:05:35

Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the genus as currently circumscribed is polyphyletic. Boudier JLÉ. (1885). "Nouvelle classification naturelle des Discomycètes...

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Frosted hairy dwarf porcupine
Rabu, 2025-10-01 02:39:22

a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. The species lives in lowland tropical rainforest and cloud forest at...

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Stiriina
Minggu, 2025-12-28 01:28:37

redefining Amphipyrinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae): a massively polyphyletic taxon". Systematic Entomology. 44 (2): 451–464. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44...

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Teratodontidae
Kamis, 2026-08-13 02:30:06

("monstrous teeth") is a family of extinct predatory mammals within the polyphyletic superfamily Hyainailouroidea within extinct order Hyaenodonta. Fossil...

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Cyrtonellida
Kamis, 2021-04-29 04:18:18

group of "monoplacophora", representing either a sister taxon to, or a polyphyletic assemblage including, the Trybliida. Carcassonnellidae Cyrtolitidae Cyrtonelloidea...

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Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine
Senin, 2026-07-13 00:08:41

a genus no longer recognized since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. Its closest relatives are the Andean porcupine (Coendou quichua) and...

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Job's tears
Jumat, 2026-08-07 09:12:45

tears—along with Coix in —was formerly placed in the Maydeae, now known to be polyphyletic. It has cylindrical, longer than broad involucres. It is widely used...

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Iphiclus adustus
Jumat, 2026-07-31 20:19:34

endemic to Santa Catarina in southeastern Brazil. In the huge and probably polyphyletic genus Iphiclus, this species is placed in subgenus Neobarytopus. For...

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Acacia sensu lato
Jumat, 2026-08-14 13:18:31

/əˈkeɪsiə/), known commonly as mimosa, acacia, thorntree or wattle, is a polyphyletic genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the...

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Haptodus
Senin, 2026-01-12 21:52:59

Later, Laurin (1993 and 1994) considered Haptodontinae to represent a polyphyletic grade of basal sphenacodonts, and revalidated Cutleria, Palaeohatteria...

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Gastornithiformes
Minggu, 2026-06-28 21:23:48

However, the traditional concept of Gruiformes has since been shown to be polyphyletic. Beginning in the late 1980s and the first phylogenetic analysis of gastornithid...

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Microdesmia
Rabu, 2024-07-31 06:02:57

"Towards a monophyletic Licania: a new generic classification of the polyphyletic Neotropical genus Licania (Chrysobalanaceae)". Kew Bulletin. 71 (58)...

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Aphanothece
Sabtu, 2024-08-17 01:34:54

Aphanothece is a polyphyletic genus with 63 accepted species. The name is derived from the Greek words, ‘aphanes’ and ‘theke’ which mean “invisible" and...

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Pyriculariaceae
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:20:03

Pyricularia Sacc. 1880 Type species: Pyricularia grisea Sacc. 1880 The polyphyletic nature of Pyricularia has been resolved in 2014 leading to the definition...

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Physarum pusillum
Jumat, 2026-04-10 23:38:14

Physarum pusillum is a species of myxomycete (true slime mould) in the polyphyletic genus Physarum. Physarum pusillum was first described by Miles Berkeley...

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Tragelaphus
Selasa, 2026-03-17 02:45:46

T. spekei, T. scriptus, T. sylvaticus (Imbabala - separated from a polyphyletic T. scriptus) and T. eurycerus. In terms of divergence time estimates...

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Crithagra
Rabu, 2026-08-12 02:10:31

of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. It was therefore split into two monophyletic genera. Eight species,...

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Collybiopsis peronata
Senin, 2025-11-10 01:06:08

genus Collybia as defined at that time was unsatisfactory due to being polyphyletic and they proposed a fundamental rearrangement. After being placed in...

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Fungi imperfecti
Senin, 2026-08-03 18:22:15

Exobasidiomycetes Agaricomycotina Dacrymycetales Agaricomycetes Wallemiomycetes Bartheletiomycetes Tremellomycetes See also: fungi imperfecti (polyphyletic group)....

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Lepista
Minggu, 2025-12-14 08:08:59

core clade of Clitocybe. However, all three genera were found to be polyphyletic, with several members located in lineages distinct from other members...

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Hypsizygus ulmarius
Senin, 2025-05-26 01:46:00

classification. Further DNA evidence suggests that the genus Hypsizygus is polyphyletic, however, meaning that these species lack a common ancestor in the current...

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Hadrodelphis
Jumat, 2024-07-26 19:17:03

Hadrodelphis is an extinct genus of dolphin once assigned to the paraphyletic/polyphyletic family Kentriodontidae. Remains have been found in the middle Miocene...

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Globauridae
Rabu, 2025-01-22 10:39:47

contact. The type genus Globaura was originally classified within the now-polyphyletic group Lacertoidea, before being reclassified within its own family within...

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Nesoptilotis
Kamis, 2025-10-30 22:57:22

phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. The genus contains two species: The name Nesoptilotis was first proposed...

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Antarctaspidae
Kamis, 2026-04-30 02:17:35

Antarctaspidae is a potentially polyphyletic extinct family of basal arthrodires known from China, Antarctica, and Australia. The family lasted from the...

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Caeciliidae
Rabu, 2026-05-20 08:01:09

amphibians, and indeed whether Amphibia is a monophyletic clade or a polyphyletic collection of diverse evolutionary lineages. The more limited debate...

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Elliotomyia
Jumat, 2026-01-02 23:24:47

molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Amazilia was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the white-bellied...

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Millsodon
Minggu, 2025-08-31 20:42:53

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Mambachiton
Rabu, 2026-06-03 22:39:04

constraints, it was recovered within a polytomic Aphanosauria, within a polyphyletic Aphanosauria in a clade including Teleocrater and Spondylosoma, or as...

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Deltaherpeton
Rabu, 2025-05-28 19:31:08

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Lophospiza
Senin, 2025-09-29 15:51:00

Accipiter but molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic. In the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera these two species...

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Siliceous sponge
Jumat, 2026-06-26 18:33:45

Demospongiae and Hexactinellida. Some scientists believe that Porifera is polyphyletic/paraphyletic, and that some sponges, the Calcarea, are a separate phylum...

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Lophocetus
Sabtu, 2025-11-22 05:49:55

Lophocetus. The phylogenetic analysis of Brujadelphis recovered Lophocetus as polyphyletic, with L. calvertensis and L. repenningi forming a clade with taxa assigned...

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Shuotherium
Kamis, 2026-03-19 10:03:38

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Desmodesmus
Senin, 2026-05-11 16:37:47

the related genus Scenedesmus. However, Scenedesmus was found to be polyphyletic, and was split up into several genera (corresponding to the subgenera...

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Dudleya cymosa
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 02:14:11

known by the common name: canyon liveforever. It is a loosely defined polyphyletic species with a diverse number of subspecies, varying highly in morphology...

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Yellow-tinted honeyeater
Minggu, 2025-10-05 18:19:25

phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. Ptilotula flavescens, Gregory River, Queensland BirdLife International...

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Methanomicrobiales
Minggu, 2026-08-16 22:16:54

All-Species Living Tree' Project the family Methanomicrobiaceae is highly polyphyletic within the Methanomicrobiales. The currently accepted taxonomy is based...

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Phylum
Selasa, 2026-08-25 02:00:09

Protista, below). Molecular analysis of Zygomycota has found it to be polyphyletic (its members do not share an immediate ancestor), which is considered...

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Red-thighed sparrowhawk
Selasa, 2026-03-24 03:50:47

Accipitridae confirmed earlier work that had shown that the genus was polyphyletic. To resolve the non-monophyly, Accipiter was divided into six genera...

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Passerea
Selasa, 2025-12-30 08:28:35

some of the traditional nongenomic trait classifications are based on polyphyletic assemblages. Passerea was not recovered in other studies. Cladogram of...

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Blue-tailed hummingbird
Jumat, 2026-01-02 23:23:42

phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Amazilia was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the blue-tailed...

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Anticlea (plant)
Minggu, 2026-07-19 02:05:47

Families". Zomlefer, WB; WS Judd (2002). "Resurrection of Segregates of the Polyphyletic Genus Zigadenus s.l. (Liliales: Melanthiaceae) and Resulting New Combinations"...

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Tremella
Senin, 2026-05-18 22:11:32

DNA sequences, has shown that Tremella (as previously understood) is polyphyletic (and hence artificial), with most species not closely related to the...

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Amaranthoideae
Selasa, 2026-01-06 12:15:05

330 species. Phylogenetical research revealed that the subfamily is polyphyletic and its traditional classification (tribe Amarantheae Rchb. with two...

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Aria chamaemespilus
Senin, 2026-08-17 10:30:04

With the start of genetic analysis, Sorbus was however found to be polyphyletic in 1991 and split into several genera; Sorbus chamaemespilus was then...

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Protosteloid
Selasa, 2026-08-18 09:20:07

Protosteloid development in Protostelium mycophaga Scientific classification (polyphyletic) Phylum: Amoebozoa Class: Mycetozoa Subclass: Protostelia Olive 1970...

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Placental expulsion
Rabu, 2026-08-26 07:42:23

The placenta exists in most mammals and some reptiles. It is likely polyphyletic, having arisen separately in evolution rather than being inherited from...

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Didymocheton mollissimus
Selasa, 2025-09-30 11:56:48

mollissimum. A study published in 2021 found the genus Dysoxylum to be polyphyletic, and the species was placed in the revived genus Didymocheton as D. mollisimus...

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Tiliaceae
Minggu, 2025-11-09 00:21:24

Malvaceae sensu lato. Cladistically, the traditional family Tiliaceae is polyphyletic. In the de Candolle system the circumscription of the family was: family...

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Jovellana
Sabtu, 2025-10-25 03:17:43

recent molecular research indicates that the family Scrophulariaceae was polyphyletic, meaning that it contained more than one lineage with different parents...

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Xenarthra
Senin, 2026-06-01 21:00:35

poorly developed, molars). Subsequently, Edentata was found to be a polyphyletic grouping whose New World and Old World taxa are unrelated, and it was...

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Glomerales
Rabu, 2025-05-28 16:27:43

Exobasidiomycetes Agaricomycotina Dacrymycetales Agaricomycetes Wallemiomycetes Bartheletiomycetes Tremellomycetes See also: fungi imperfecti (polyphyletic group)....

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Archaeopriapulida
Selasa, 2026-08-11 04:01:07

similar to, the modern priapulids. It is unclear whether it is mono- or polyphyletic. Despite a remarkable morphological similarity to their modern cousins...

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Carcinomyces
Jumat, 2025-04-18 02:02:47

cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has, however, shown that Syzygospora is polyphyletic (and hence artificial) and has accepted Carcinomyces as a separate, monophyletic...

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Brachychiton tridentatus
Kamis, 2025-10-23 06:47:25

that family, along with Bombacaceae and Tiliaceae, has been found to be polyphyletic and is now sunk into a more broadly-defined Malvaceae Stevens, Peter...

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Plerandra
Minggu, 2026-05-17 22:55:06

that has long been considered a synonym of Schefflera, which has been a polyphyletic group. Species include: Plerandra actinostigma (A.C. Sm. & B.C. Stone)...

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Niger–Congo languages
Sabtu, 2026-08-01 03:24:29

corresponds to Mukarovsky's "Western Nigritic" phylum. Atlantic The polyphyletic Atlantic group accounts for about 35 million speakers as of 2016, mostly...

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Black-throated honeyeater
Kamis, 2026-08-06 04:23:34

phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that Lichenostomus was polyphyletic. BirdLife International (2018). "Caligavis subfrenata". IUCN Red List...

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Tetrapodomorpha
Jumat, 2026-08-21 04:24:38

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Ankober serin
Rabu, 2026-05-20 03:51:53

using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the...

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Sphaerocoeliidae
Jumat, 2025-01-10 05:11:16

and the similar "inozoans" were historically grouped together in the polyphyletic order Pharetronida. In general form, sphaerocoeliids are cylindrical...

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Sivatherium
Sabtu, 2026-08-22 14:53:20

misidentified as an archaic link between modern ruminants and the now obsolete, polyphyletic "pachyderms" (elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses and tapirs). The...

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Daptrius
Kamis, 2026-07-23 08:02:52

Milvago and Phalcoboenus. Molecular genetic studies found that Milvago was polyphyletic with the chimango caracara (Milvago chimango) sister to the genus Phalcoboenus...

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Dudleya abramsii
Sabtu, 2025-07-12 07:49:21

yellow flowers, and an affinity for rocky habitats. The subspecies may be polyphyletic. Dudleya abramsii is a fleshy perennial forming a small basal cluster...

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Magicicada cassini
Minggu, 2026-08-23 19:45:24

periodical cicada four-year acceleration hypothesis revisited and the polyphyletic nature of Brood V, including an updated crowd-source enhanced map (Hemiptera:...

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Coelurosauria
Selasa, 2026-04-14 21:32:51

†Tanycolagreus †Vayuraptor †Xinjiangovenator †Compsognathidae (possibly polyphyletic) †Megaraptora †Ornithomimosauria †Tyrannosauroidea Maniraptora Possible...

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Phytosauria
Minggu, 2026-08-02 14:10:10

traditionally classified in the genus Paleorhinus, now thought to be polyphyletic. Parasuchus and related basal species were widely distributed, meaning...

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Diarthrognathus
Selasa, 2024-11-19 02:47:19

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Pleurotoid fungi
Jumat, 2025-12-26 18:23:22

dead and dying trees and coarse woody debris. The pleurotoid form is polyphyletic, having evolved a number of times within the Basidiomycota. Many species...

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Cerocephalidae
Senin, 2025-07-21 15:01:36

chalcid wasps, previously classified as subfamily Cerocephalinae, in the polyphyletic family Pteromalidae. Most species are parasitoids of small wood-boring...

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Non-vascular plant
Sabtu, 2026-08-22 16:02:03

plant groups to evolve, but the usage is imprecise since both groups are polyphyletic and may be used to include vascular cryptogams, such as the ferns and...

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Goose barnacle
Kamis, 2026-08-20 16:20:54

the 1960s and chiefly led by William A. Newton found the group to be polyphyletic. Like all barnacles, stalked species begin life with two distinct planktonic...

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Carolina wren
Rabu, 2026-08-26 20:30:43

species, but molecular phylogenetic studies revealed that it represented a polyphyletic assemblage of at least four independent clades now recognized at generic...

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Protoneuridae
Selasa, 2026-08-25 19:49:19

Dijkstra and colleagues demonstrated that the traditional family was polyphyletic. As a result, the New World protoneurids were transferred to Coenagrionidae...

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Pseudescherichia
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 01:20:15

family Enterobacteriaceae and support the reclassification of several polyphyletic members of the family". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 54: 108–127...

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Ymeria
Sabtu, 2025-10-18 04:22:15

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Diploporita
Kamis, 2025-08-14 19:42:36

considered to be a formal class, the diploporitans likely represent a polyphyletic group. The evidence for this claim lies within the highly morphologically...

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Fern
Selasa, 2026-08-25 17:14:59

Psilotaceae; and the horsetails of Equisetaceae. Since this grouping is polyphyletic, the term fern allies should be abandoned, except in a historical context...

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Echinoderm
Minggu, 2026-08-16 08:52:34

taxonomies, even when the named taxa are known to be paraphyletic and/or polyphyletic[citation needed]. Three taxonomies introduced nearly all of the traditional...

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Romer's gap
Kamis, 2025-10-16 09:05:34

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Sculdidae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 22:40:47

been found in Germany, Lebanon and the United States. The family may be polyphyletic. Dames, W. (1886-01-01). "Ueber einige Crustaceen aus den Kreideablagerungen...

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Obscure honeyeater
Kamis, 2025-10-02 14:05:13

phylogenetic analysis published in 2011 showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. BirdLife International (2018). "Caligavis obscura". IUCN Red List of...

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Insectivora
Senin, 2025-09-08 23:16:00

Before the era of widespread DNA sequencing, the grouping was used as a polyphyletic taxon for a variety of small to very small, relatively unspecialised...

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Dugesia japonica
Senin, 2025-11-17 01:37:06

Siberia. However, molecular studies suggest that Dugesia japonica is polyphyletic and different populations across its area of occurrence constitute distinct...

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Wattle
Kamis, 2026-02-05 01:06:06

free dictionary. Wattle or wattles may refer to: Acacia sensu lato, polyphyletic genus of plants Acacia, commonly known as wattle, especially in Australian...

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Enterobacteriaceae
Senin, 2026-08-17 10:47:35

family Enterobacteriaceae and support the reclassification of several polyphyletic members of the family". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 54: 108–127...

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Brachychiton velutinosus
Kamis, 2025-10-02 02:55:24

that family, along with Bombacaceae and Tiliaceae, has been found to be polyphyletic and is now sunk into a more broadly-defined Malvaceae Eddowes, P.J. (1998)...

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Giant tortoise
Selasa, 2026-04-28 02:07:26

developed large size independently and, as a result, giant tortoises are polyphyletic. For example, the Aldabra Atoll (Aldabrachelys) giant tortoises are related...

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Latridae
Senin, 2026-07-06 22:18:04

This also means the broader definition of the genus Cheilodactylus is polyphyletic. All other species traditionally placed within the genus "Cheilodactylus"...

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Ostracoderm
Jumat, 2025-08-01 07:45:51

different groups. Thus the thelodonts are generally thought to represent a polyphyletic group, although there is no firm agreement on this point; if they are...

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Triantha
Jumat, 2026-08-21 15:04:24

have shown that inclusion of Triantha etc. in these families makes them polyphyletic. Some authors have included Triantha within the genus Tofieldia. Triantha...

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Actinorhizal plant
Minggu, 2026-08-16 12:02:40

association remains uncertain. The ability to associate with Frankia is a polyphyletic character and has probably evolved independently in different clades...

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Acca (plant)
Minggu, 2026-07-19 01:04:07

the genus Myrrhinium than it is to "A. sellowiana", thus leaving Acca polyphyletic with respect to Myrrhinium if "A. sellowiana" is included. Feijoa sellowiana...

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Hymenomycete
Selasa, 2021-03-30 01:02:29

Boletales, and Russulales. The erstwhile class, now understood to be a polyphyletic assemblage of basidiomycetes, refers to fungi with fruit bodies whose...

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Chlamydomonas
Selasa, 2025-12-02 23:41:31

traditional genus Chlamydomonas as defined using morphological data, was polyphyletic within Volvocales. Many species were subsequently reclassified (e.g....

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Leonotis
Minggu, 2026-06-21 20:59:16

of the subfamily Lamioideae. Leonotis might be paraphyletic or even polyphyletic because Leonotis leonurus is not closely related to the other species...

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Pezizomycetes
Senin, 2024-10-28 22:20:35

Exobasidiomycetes Agaricomycotina Dacrymycetales Agaricomycetes Wallemiomycetes Bartheletiomycetes Tremellomycetes See also: fungi imperfecti (polyphyletic group)....

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Suillus luteus
Senin, 2026-01-05 18:55:43

with some other species, such as S. granulatus, which were shown to be polyphyletic. Chemical analysis of pigments and chromogens showed that Suillus was...

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Epicharis (plant)
Rabu, 2025-12-10 09:58:58

Dysoxylum. A genetic study published in 2021 found that Dysoxylum is polyphyletic, and Epicharis was revived and re-circumscribed. The genus is named for...

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Anisonemidae
Rabu, 2026-05-13 03:35:09

by some sources. The status of the genus is unclear; it appears to be polyphyletic, with some species falling into the order Peranemida and others in Anisonemida...

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Cryptogam
Kamis, 2025-08-21 22:31:12

systematics, "Cryptogamae" is not a taxonomically coherent group, but is polyphyletic. However, the names of all cryptogams are regulated by the International...

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Limacology
Kamis, 2025-11-27 04:41:44

limacology is referred to as a limacologist. However, slugs are an extremely polyphyletic group, thus "limacology" is not a taxonomically accurate term, and it...

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Southern citril
Rabu, 2026-05-20 06:33:11

using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the...

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Varied honeyeater
Minggu, 2025-10-05 16:33:43

phylogenetic analysis, published in 2011, showed that the original genus was polyphyletic. The varied honeyeater has two accepted subspecies which are distributed...

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Exodontinae
Jumat, 2026-06-05 23:45:44

Characidae, which then included only Neotropical taxa, sensu lato was polyphyletic and the families Spintherobolidae, Stevardiidae, Characidae and Acestrorhamphidae...

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Lytoceratina
Minggu, 2024-12-15 00:52:53

families belonging to the Phylloceratina, or both (which would make them polyphyletic). They in turn gave rise to the main body of Jurassic Ammonitina and...

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Comparative method
Jumat, 2026-08-14 03:06:19

29 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine George van Driem The genesis of polyphyletic linguistics Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Szemerényi 1996...

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Cimicidae
Senin, 2026-05-25 20:59:17

colonised humans as hosts on three occasions. The genus Cimex is seen to be polyphyletic. An independent molecular analysis came to a similar conclusion, that...

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Evolutionary grade
Kamis, 2026-05-21 08:34:54

groups, and give rise to so-called wastebasket taxa which may even be polyphyletic. The traditional Linnaean way of defining taxa is through the use of...

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Prasinophyte
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:17:52

therefore a mixotrophic algae. Some authors treat the prasinophytes as a polyphyletic grouping of green algae from different clades. As the Tetraphytina emerged...

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Polyalthia
Jumat, 2025-01-17 08:40:49

medicinal properties of certain species. This large genus was known to be polyphyletic, with many species having been separated and reassigned to other genera...

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Amaryllidoideae
Senin, 2026-05-18 01:09:39

morphological criterion, namely leaf shape. Stenomesseae was recognised as polyphyletic with two distinct types based on leaf shape (lorate-leafed and petiolate-leafed)...

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Loxomma
Kamis, 2026-07-30 01:08:02

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Taxonomic rank
Rabu, 2026-08-26 00:45:26

groups representing more than one branch from the tree of life are called polyphyletic. Monophyletic groups are recognized and diagnosed on the basis of synapomorphies...

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Temporal fenestra
Selasa, 2026-06-09 02:39:03

opening (above the postorbital and squamosal bones). Euryapsids are a polyphyletic group, as reptiles with euryapsid skulls lack a shared common ancestor...

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Leontodon
Minggu, 2025-08-24 01:21:08

has shown that the genus Leontodon in the traditional delimitation is polyphyletic. Therefore, the former Leontodon subgenus Oporinia was raised to generic...

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Eurillas
Selasa, 2026-05-19 01:23:57

study of the bulbul family published in 2007 found that Andropadus was polyphyletic. In the revision to the generic classification five species were moved...

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Hystricomorpha
Rabu, 2026-08-26 21:26:57

rendered the suborder Sciuravida as defined by McKenna & Bell 1997 to be polyphyletic and invalid. The symbol "†" is used to indicate extinct groups. Suborder...

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Crassigyrinus
Senin, 2026-08-24 12:06:00

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Astur (bird)
Senin, 2026-07-06 03:15:48

genus Accipiter. Molecular phylogenetic studies found that Accipiter was polyphyletic and in the subsequent rearrangement to create monophyletic genera, the...

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Amebelodontidae
Senin, 2026-06-22 22:33:07

Gomphotheriidae proper, some authors have argued that Amebelodontidae may be polyphyletic, with it being suggested that the shovel-tusked condition arose several...

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Wheatear
Selasa, 2026-06-16 04:06:50

World flycatcher family Muscicapidae found that the genus Cercomela was polyphyletic with five species, including the type species C. melanura, phylogenetically...

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Pelecaniformes
Rabu, 2026-02-18 02:25:54

environments; the traditional definition of the group would thus be polyphyletic. Sibley and Ahlquist's landmark DNA–DNA hybridisation studies (now known...

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Brown rock chat
Selasa, 2026-05-19 13:40:29

phylogenetic studies in 2010 and 2012 found that the genus Cercomela was polyphyletic, with five species, including the brown rock chat, nested within the...

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Strongylura
Senin, 2026-08-24 20:22:44

morphology by Lovejoy (2007), with Strongylura being represented as polyphyletic with respects to other belonids: Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. &...

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Sauripterus
Rabu, 2025-04-16 05:16:10

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Lichen systematics
Selasa, 2026-08-11 18:31:23

identified monophyletic versus polyphyletic genera. For instance, Bacidia in its broad traditional sense was polyphyletic, as was Toninia and a few others...

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Cuban grassquit
Selasa, 2025-09-30 00:54:11

molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Tiaris was polyphyletic. In the resulting reorganization, the Cuban grassquit was moved to the...

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Lulworthiales
Sabtu, 2025-09-06 02:20:45

analyses built upon LSU and SSU partial sequences to accommodate the polyphyletic genera Lulworthia and Lindra. Members of this family (and order) are...

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Mollusca
Senin, 2026-08-03 13:51:52

the remaining molluscan classes; the traditional phylum Mollusca is polyphyletic, and it can only be made monophyletic if scaphopods and bivalves are...

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Ploceidae
Kamis, 2025-11-20 19:39:21

in 2019 have indicated that the genus Ploceus as currently defined is polyphyletic. A cladogram based on these results is shown below. The family includes...

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Proterotheriidae
Kamis, 2026-07-09 07:50:09

outside the genera of Proterotheriinae per Soria, making Anisolambdinae a polyphyletic group of unrelated organisms. Proterotheriidae was redefined by McGrath...

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Whitebeam
Rabu, 2025-07-23 23:57:25

genus Sorbus s.l. This treatment of Sorbus was however was found to be polyphyletic, comprising two monophyletic clades that were not particularly closely...

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Tetanurae
Rabu, 2026-08-12 00:40:38

ornithomimosaurs, and maniraptorans. The original Carnosauria was a polyphyletic group including any large carnivorous theropod. Many of Gauthier's carnosaurs...

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Hamamelididae
Selasa, 2022-10-11 03:37:12

Amentiferae. Based on molecular phylogeny works, Hamamelididae appears to be a polyphyletic group. A well-known system that used the name Hamamelididae is the Cronquist...

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Tympanuchus
Selasa, 2026-04-21 21:23:12

about these genera. But one thing we do know is that Tympanuchus are polyphyletic. They have a strong sexual selection (Galla, 2013). They are commonly...

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Apocleinae
Sabtu, 2024-10-19 02:34:19

of assassin flies proposed in 1973. The proposed taxon is, however, polyphyletic and is no longer recognized as a subfamily. Most 'Apocleinae' genera...

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Blechnaceae
Selasa, 2025-11-11 19:52:40

Woodwardioideae, Stenochlaenoideae and Blechnoideae. Their approach to the polyphyletic nature of Blechnum was to create a series of monophyletic segregate genera...

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Metaxygnathus
Sabtu, 2026-07-04 20:53:08

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Red knot
Jumat, 2026-07-03 01:27:53

sandpiper were subsequently added. A 2004 study found that the genus was polyphyletic and that the closest relative of the two knot species is the surfbird...

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Sakalava weaver
Senin, 2025-10-06 05:36:28

Based on recent DNA-analysis, the genus Ploceus is almost certainly polyphyletic. If all species currently included in the genus would remain and the...

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Yellow-throated seedeater
Rabu, 2026-05-20 06:45:03

using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the...

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Rubus
Minggu, 2026-08-16 23:05:09

to be monophyletic, while all other subgenera to be paraphyletic or polyphyletic. Molecular data have backed up classifications based on geography and...

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Reptiliomorpha
Selasa, 2026-07-14 00:25:40

(Pan-Amniota) see Reptiliomorpha includes Amniota Related topics Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Stem tetrapoda Osteolepiformes Osteolepididae Megalichthyiformes...

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Gull
Senin, 2026-08-24 04:42:18

were placed in the genus Larus, but that arrangement is now considered polyphyletic, leading to the readoption and revision of several genera. An older name...

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Handroanthus
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:13:25

which was sister to either of the others. Thus Tabebuia was shown to be polyphyletic. One of these clades consisted of the two species that constitute the...

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Procynosuchidae
Jumat, 2025-09-12 05:09:12

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Euglenozoa
Senin, 2026-06-29 02:32:53

Lyromonadida Psalteriomonadidae Harpagon Psalteriomonas Monopylocystis Pseudoharpagon Sawyeria Lyromonas *paraphyletic or polyphyletic groups ?uncertain position...

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Prozostrodontia
Minggu, 2026-08-16 13:19:15

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Bryophyllum
Senin, 2026-05-18 20:10:27

manginii and K. porphyrocalyx. However, the broadly defined Bryophyllum is polyphyletic. Bernard Descoings redefined Bryophyllum as 26 species, and molecular...

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Amoeba
Jumat, 2026-08-21 00:12:04

Discosea and Cutosea. Gymnamoebia Haeckel 1862: lobose naked amoebae. This polyphyletic group included the classic amorphous amoebae with big, blunt pseudopodia...

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Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine
Kamis, 2025-11-27 15:47:18

a genus no longer recognised since genetic studies showed it to be polyphyletic. The population formerly recognised as the orange-spined hairy dwarf...

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Cordyceps
Selasa, 2026-07-28 18:08:17

with a conserved type. What remains under Isaria as of 2016 remains polyphyletic and can be divided into three main clades. Anamorphic genera closely...

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Bathornithidae
Rabu, 2026-05-13 08:05:41

rejected. Conversely, some analysis have instead recovered them as a polyphyletic group, with Bathornis and kin being sister taxa to phorusrhacids while...

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List of edible seeds
Minggu, 2026-07-05 04:01:12

or pseudocereal grain, is the edible seed of a pseudocereal, one of a polyphyletic group of plants that produce seeds that resemble those of cereals. Pseudocereals...

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Alemoatherium
Minggu, 2024-12-01 06:15:10

†Mitredon †Panchetocynodon †Redondagnathus †Saurodesmus? Paraphyletic / Polyphyletic groups Dromatheriidae Morganucodonta Symmetrodonta Triconodonta Category...

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Tetraria thermalis
Jumat, 2025-08-08 15:29:22

of which about 38 occur in the Cape fynbos. Tetraria, currently, is polyphyletic and in need of taxonomic revision. This is a pioneer plant which recovers...

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Monothalamea
Jumat, 2026-05-22 02:01:38

single-chambered, agglutinated tests. Recent work has shown that this grouping is polyphyletic, as agglutinated tests have evolved from proteinaceous tests multiple...

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Chroococcales
Jumat, 2025-05-23 21:02:19

Microcystis aeruginosa. Molecular data indicate that Chroococcales may be polyphyletic, meaning its members may not all belong to the same clade or have the...

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Eurhopalus
Kamis, 2025-01-02 14:00:20

in the genus Trogoderma. Recent research indicates that Trogoderma is polyphyletic, comprising two distinct, unrelated lineages. One lineage corresponds...

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Witchetty grub
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 01:40:43

The witchetty grub (also spelled witchety grub or witjuti grub) is a term used in Australia for the large, white, wood-eating larvae of several moths....

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Trophis
Minggu, 2025-10-05 08:18:54

Phylogenetic studies suggested that the genus as formerly circumscribed was polyphyletic, and several species formerly placed here have now been placed in other...

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Perissodactyla
Jumat, 2026-07-24 20:50:07

Molecular genetic studies, however, have shown the ungulates to be polyphyletic, meaning that in some cases the similarities are the result of convergent...

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Buru jungle flycatcher
Minggu, 2025-09-28 17:42:59

after a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study found that Rhinomyias was polyphyletic. Because of the very limited habitat, logging of the forests and expanding...

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Palaeonemertea
Rabu, 2024-07-10 00:39:41

Palaeonemertea is a class of primitive nemertean worm. It may be para- or polyphyletic, consisting of three to five clades and totalling about 100 species....

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Lyginopteridales
Kamis, 2025-11-27 22:08:01

They were the first plant fossils to be described as pteridosperms (a polyphyletic group sometimes referred to as "seed ferns") and, thus, the group on...

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Cynanchica pyrenaica
Selasa, 2026-05-19 07:49:40

by which time numerous DNA studies had revealed that the genus was polyphyletic. In order to conserve the evolutionary link between the species and their...

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Epipleminae
Senin, 2026-05-18 20:57:50

Crypsicoela Dasmeuda Decetiodes Dicroplema Dysaethria Dysrhombia Epiplema (polyphyletic) Erosia Europlema Eversmannia Falcinodes Gathynia Gymnoplocia Heteroplema...

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Land snail
Selasa, 2026-07-14 20:45:45

relatively amphibious between land and salt water. Land snails are a polyphyletic group comprising at least ten independent evolutionary transitions to...

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Eurytoma
Kamis, 2026-03-26 14:01:52

morphological and phylogenomic studies have shown that Eurytoma is a polyphyletic lineage, and extensive taxonomic rearrangements are needed in order to...

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