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hypotaxy  

Definition

  • Taxonomic or nomenclatural subordination. Four categories: anhypotaxy, diplohypotaxy, monohypotaxy and polyhypotaxy. If used in a phylogenetic taxonomic frame, they correspond to different topologies of trees, with or without polytomies, thus partly reflecting the resolution of the tree. (Dubois & Raffaëlli 2009)

Note

  • Etymology: G: ύπό (hypo), below - τάξις (taxis), order, arrangement.

Scope note

  • Code: No term

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • Dubois, A. & Raffaëlli, J. (2009) A new ergotaxonomy of the family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (Amphibia, Urodela). Alytes, 26 (1–4): 1–85.

Identifier

  • 1957

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/FM8-BLV7BCVQ-V

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