phylogenetic classification
noun Biology.
classification of organisms based on their assumed evolutionary histories and relationships.
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Nearby words
- phyllotaxy,
- phylloxera,
- phylo-,
- phylogenesis,
- phylogenetic,
- phylogenetics,
- phylogeny,
- phylon,
- phylum,
- phyma
Origin of phylogenetic classification
First recorded in 1880–85
Also called phyletic classification, phyletics.
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