phylogenetic classification
noun Biology.
classification of organisms based on their assumed evolutionary histories and relationships.
Also called
phyletic classification,
phyletics.
Origin of phylogenetic classification
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby phylogenetic classification
phyllotaxy,
phylloxera,
phylo-,
phylogenesis,
phylogenetic,
phylogenetic classification,
phylogenetics,
phylogeny,
phylon,
phylum,
phyma