pseudotaxonomy

Definitions

A false or artificial taxonomy.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“There are several varieties of regional medical programs. A pseudotaxonomy could be defined according to the site of control⟳, the focus⟳ of the effort, the type⟳ of organization, its structure⟳, the primary investment of money, and the source and type⟳ of core staff.”

“... pseudotaxonomy, is completely rejected. Hamshaw Thomas had already argued in print⟳ that fossils of flowering plants contradicted, or at best failed to confirm⟳, the supposedly evolutionary arrangement of the higher plant⟳ taxa.”

“Their approach⟳ is to sort⟳ specimens based on their major morphological characteristics, rather than their strict taxonomy. They named this type⟳ of pseudotaxonomy the morphospecies approach⟳.”

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