Meaning of pseudotaxonomic | Babel Free

Definitions

Falsely or artificially taxonomic.

uncommon

Examples

“However, prey are usually assigned to broad taxonomic or pseudotaxonomic categories, which may not allow the subtleties of predator impacts to be interpreted.”

“Similarly, Crisp & Weston (1993) found patterns of paedomorphosis in Telopea speciosissima to produce artifactual, 'pseudotaxonomic' patterns.”

“In the absence of a sexual structure, however, these organisms remain in the fungi imperfecti (Deuteromycota)—a pseudotaxonomic repository for organisms with no known sexual state.”

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