When did the fascination with phylogenetic trees begin?

[Thomas G. Lammers]

At 09:46 AM 02-25-97 -0500, warren frank lamboy wrote:
>To Taxacomers:  I am trying to determine how and when the great emphasis on
>constructing (implicitly or explicitly) evolutionary or phylogenetic trees
>of (plant) taxa came about.    Have
>there been any review articles published on the history of the use of
>evolutionary
>trees and phylogenies?  Thanks for any light you
>shed.  -  Warren


For an excellent historical review, I recommend Section Two (pp. 43-154) in:
Stuessy, T. F. 1990.  Plant Taxonomy: The Systematic Evaluation of
Comparative Data.  Columbia University Press, New York.

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