“Create an illustrative flowering-plant phylogram with magnolia, rice, orchid, rose, pea, sunflower and tomato; highlight monocots, rosids and asterids; and show branch lengths in substitutions per site.”
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Choose familiar representative plants.
Label monocots, rosids and asterids.
Keep evolutionary-change units visible.
Use it for a concise teaching comparison of selected flowering plants.
Dúvidas comuns
What is a phylogram?
A phylogram is a phylogenetic tree whose branch lengths represent an amount of evolutionary change.
Why are clades highlighted?
The highlights make the named monocot, rosid and asterid groups easy to identify.
Can I add more plant groups?
Yes, though a teaching diagram is clearest when it stays focused on a small set.