Concept information
Preferred term
apognosis
Definition(s)
- A cladognosis of a taxon based on “character states” or signifiers (Ashlock 1985) that are consideredto be shared by all members of the taxon and absent in all non-members, and that are considered, onthe basis of a cladistic analysis and hypothesis, to be autapomorphic for the taxon. (Dubois 1997)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- apomorphy-based definition
Note
- Etymology: G: ἀπό (apo), from, away from - γνῶσις (gnosis), knowledge, understanding.
Scope note(s)
- Code: No term
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
- Ashlock, P. D. (1985) A revision of the Bergidea group: a problem in classification and biogeography (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Kansas entomological Society, ‘1984’, 57 (4): 675–688 [ https://www.jstor.org/stable/25084577 ]
- Dubois, A. (1997) An evolutionary biologist’s view on the science of biology. Alytes, 15 (3): 133–136.
Identifier
- 1630
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/FM8-LTP6ZJKQ-1
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