polyphyletic

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Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members
Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; opposed to monophyletic
having multiple ancestral sources
having many lines of evolution leading up to the final organism
{s} having more than one ancestral type
Clad Relating to a group consisting of at least two ancestors and any of their descendents A polyphyletic group is mistakenly or improperly erected on the basis of homoplasy
Term applied to a group of organisms which does not include the most recent common ancestor of those organisms; the ancestor does not possess the character shared by members of the group