Afrosoricida: tenrecs and golden moles Afrosoricida Afrosoricida is an order of small African mammals that includes tenrecs and golden moles. Molecular evidence groups them with Afrotheria and separates them from traditional insecti…
Afrotheria: the African-rooted clade of placental mammals Afrotheria Afrotheria is a clade of placental mammals with African origins, united by molecular evidence. It includes elephants, manatees, hyraxes, aardvarks, elephant shrews, tenrecs and gol…
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG): Molecular-Based Classification of Flowering Plants Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG): an international botanist collaboration using molecular phylogenetics to develop consensus, evolution-based classifications of flowering plants, u…
Asparagaceae: the asparagus family of flowering plants Asparagaceae Asparagaceae is a diverse family of monocot flowering plants (order Asparagales) that includes asparagus, agaves and many ornamentals; its circumscription was revised using molecul…
