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monophyly

condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species
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monophyly

Summary

monophyly ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,864 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • monophyly is a type of taxon[2].
  • monophyly's Commons category is recorded as Monophyly[3].
  • monophyly is the opposite of paraphyly[4].
  • monophyly's facet of is recorded as phylogenetics[5].
  • monophyly's described by source is recorded as Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia[6].
  • monophyly's has characteristic is recorded as most recent common ancestor[7].

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Definition and Type

monophyly is a type of taxon[2]. monophyly is the opposite of paraphyly[4].

Why It Matters

monophyly ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,864 views/month).[1] monophyly has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] monophyly is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → most recent common ancestor
    Subclass of → —
    Opposite of → paraphyly
    Subclass of → taxon
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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