monophyletic.
Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
Meaning & usage
Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
Descending from a single ancestral species. Descending from a single ancestral species and containing all descendants of that single ancestor, holophyletic.
Descending from a single ancestral species. Descending from a single ancestral species but not containing all descendants of that ancestor, paraphyletic.
congeneric
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English phyletic English monophyletic From mono- + phyletic.
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