symplesiomorphy

Noun

Meaning

symplesiomorphy (plural symplesiomorphies)

(cladistics) An ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.
Coordinate term: synapomorphy

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

However, unlike shared innovations (or synapomorphies ), the common retention of archaisms (or symplesiomorphy ) is not considered conclusive evidence of a period of common isolated development. Source: Internet

When two or more taxa that are not nested within each other share a plesiomorphy, it is a symplesiomorphy (from syn-, "together"). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

symplectomorphism symplesiomorphic symplesiomorphically symplesite symplocaceous symplocarpus foetidus