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Term Definition
Apomorphic character Referring to a feature of a plant that is derived from an ancestral character state, i.e., an evolutionary advanced character state that helps define taxonomic groups, e.g., the clade of neotropical Lecythidaceae. Couratari clade of Lecythidaceae. Photo by C. A. Gracie.