The recent phylogeny of flowering plants (Anthophyta) considers dicots as paraphyletic with the monocots derived from dicots (Moore et al. 2007). Why are dicots considered paraphyletic and monocots monophyletic
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This means that some descendants of the common ancestor of dicots are excluded from the group. Show more…
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