单词 | hennigian |
释义 | Hennigianadj. Taxonomy. Designating the phylogenetic or cladistic system of classification of organisms devised by Willi Hennig, which admits only strictly monophyletic taxa; of, relating to, or characteristic of this system. Cf. cladistic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [adjective] > system of taxonomy > specific system Plinian1646 Jussiaean1824 tautonymic1896 biosystematic1941 Hennigian1970 1970 Q. Rev. Biol. 45 210 These rather Hennigian views run directly counter to those of some classical and many numerical taxonomists who consider divergence as an important index of relationship. 1989 M. Day in J. R. Durant Human Origins ii. 10 Interestingly enough, in neither Linnaean (or ‘gradist’) nor Hennigian (or ‘cladist’) classification, would the proponents claim that the dating of the find under consideration is of any importance whatsoever. 2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) xx. 379 The specifics of Mayr's criticisms are highly technical—they involve issues of meiotic sexuality, Hennigian cladification.., among rather a lot else. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1970 |
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