Phenetic taxonomy is a system of classification based on the overall similarity of the
organisms being classified. Phenetic relationships are defined by Cain & Harrison (10) as" …

We review the widespread notion that the inclusion of taxa scored for relatively few
characters is problematic in phylogenetic analyses. Taxa scored for few characters may lead …

Assessments of incongruence between sources of phylogenetic evidence have often been
largely intuitive, based simply on inspecting results from different data matrices. Even …

The field of plant taxonomy has transformed rapidly over the past fifteen years, especially
with regard to improvements in cladistic analysis and the use of new molecular data. The …

Character congruence, the principle of using all the relevant data, and character
independence are important concepts in phylogenetic inference, because they relate …

Phylogeneticists hold that the study of phylogeny ought to be an empirical science, that
putative synapomorphies provide evidence on genealogical relationship, and that (aside …

Cladistics aims to reconstruct genealogies based on common ancestry, thus revealing the
phylogenetic relationships between taxa. Its applications vary from linguistic analysis to the …

Understanding the history and philosophy of biological systematics (phylogenetics,
taxonomy and classification of living things) is key to successful practice of the discipline. In …

Arguments for and against combined analysis of multiple data sets in phylogenetic inference
are reviewed. Simultaneous analysis of combined data better maximizes cladistic parsimony …

The carnivorous habit in flowering plants represents a grade of structural organization.
Different morphological features associated with the attraction, trapping, and digestion of …