- phylogenyThe evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
- phylumA rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
- phylonAll of the organisms descending from a given common ancestor, regarded as a race, tribe, vel sim.; a clade.
- paraphyleticOf a defined group of taxa: not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.
- phylo-tribes, races or phyla