Taxa – Living Oceans Foundation

[tak-suh]
(Singular: taxon) A taxonomic group such as phylum, family, or species.

Glossary: Leaves
(Singular: leaf) Represents the taxa in the study or the end of the ancestral lineage in a cladogram. This can be a group such as a phylum, or genus or it can be as specific as an individual species. Also referred to as tips or terminal node.
Glossary: Terminal Node
Represents the taxa in the study or the end of the ancestral lineage in a cladogram. This can be a group such as a phylum or genus, or it can be as specific as an individual species. Also referred to as tips or leaves.
Glossary: Tips (cladogram)
(Singular: tip) Represents the taxa in the study or the end of the ancestral lineage in a cladogram. This can be a group such as a phylum or genus, or it can be as specific as an individual species. Also referred to as terminal node or leaves.
Glossary: Daughter Lineages
(Singular: lineage) Taxa that descend from the same ancestor.