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What is the adjective for polyphyletically?

What's the adjective for polyphyletically? Here's the word you're looking for.

polyphyletic
  1. (taxonomy) Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A simple form taxon, such as Chuaria circularis, may embrace a polyphyletic array of organisms that includes cyanobacteria as well as protists.”
      “However, each tribe individually is either paraphyletic or polyphyletic with respect to most recent songbird classifications.”
      “Loriciferans were originally assigned to the paraphyletic or polyphyletic group called Aschelminthes.”
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