Adelphotaxon
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A sister taxon.
"In the structure of the phylogenetic system, as in every hierarchical ordering, a sequence of ranks between the taxa of the individual levels is necessarily linked with the sequence of hierarchical levels. Here the following law applies: the adelphotaxa of any given level of coordination have identical rank."
Example
More examples"In the structure of the phylogenetic system, as in every hierarchical ordering, a sequence of ranks between the taxa of the individual levels is necessarily linked with the sequence of hierarchical levels. Here the following law applies: the adelphotaxa of any given level of coordination have identical rank."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) + taxon.
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