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Botanical Orchid Glossary

Glossary Term: Autapomorphic

Apomorphic but not synapomorphic.

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Autapomorphic: Cladogram of six taxa t1 to t6 with the character states indicated by bullets; character states 9 and 11 are autapomorhic
Autapomorphic

Cladogram of six taxa t1 to t6 with the character states indicated by bullets; character states 9 and 11 are autapomorhic