| phylogeny |
The history of descent of a group of taxa such as species from their common ancestors, including the order of branching and sometimes absolute ages of divergence; also applied to the genealogy of genes derived from a common ancestral gene.
Ãâó: evolution.unibe.ch/teaching/GlossarE.htm
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| phyllode |
A leaf stalk expanded to look like and act like a leaf.
Ãâó: www.boldweb.com/greenweb/glossary.htm
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| phyllodes |
A flat expanded petiole that replaces the blade of a foliage leaf and which functions in photosynthesis.
Ãâó: www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/volume_2...
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| phylum |
(pi., phyla) any of the broad, principal divisions of the animal kingdom
Ãâó: www.sdvc.uwyo.edu/grasshopper/ghcoglos.htm
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| phylum |
A large group of supposedly monophyletic species - such as the Arthropods (spiders, insects, crustaceans and millipedes)
Ãâó: www.amonline.net.au/evolutionary_biology/glossary....
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