iNat’s taxonomy mostly implements what are believed to be monophyletic groups, but includes at least a handful of clearly paraphyletic groups. I thought it might be useful to have a list of these to add to as they come up, and I couldn’t find one. In a previous discussion, now closed, here: https:…

List of paraphyletic groups in iNat's Taxonomy

fffffffff January 15, 2021, 7:19am 9

Thank you, yeah, I definitely needed sleep at that time! This one, it’s not big though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphyly

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