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| Keywords: Agapornis phylogeny.svg Phylogeny of the genus Agapornis based on existing molecular evidence The species with the red line is currently unplaced in the phylogeny but does belong to this genus Actually swinderniana is unplaced in the molecular phylogeny only and in any case attaching it basal is wrong wrong wrong unsampled species are either attached to the tree in the place inferred from other data or not attached at all With swinderniana parapatric to pullarius cana and not taranta being resolved as the most basal species the eyering group being the most advanced clade and the closest living relatives occurring from India to the Wallacea it is as good as certain that swinderniana either is part of the pullarius-taranta superspecies or forms a polytomy with it or is immediately basal to it That what the image currently suggests to the novice reader requires either Darwin to be utterly wrong or teleportation to work Neither is the case AFAIK So the image needs updating Dysmorodrepanis <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 02 34 2 March 2010 UTC Own 2007-06-16 Dbc334 Agapornis Avian phylogenetic trees | ||||
