Predictivity vs Useful

[SKÁLA Zdeněk]

Think about groups like (dicot) herbs/trees, for example. They are extremly predictive in *many* characters and hugely polyphyletic at the same time.

Best!

Zdenek Skala

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Roth [mailto:barry_roth at YAHOO.COM]

Does anyone seriously doubt that, because of the fact of organic evolution, the
classification that maximizes predictivity will be the one most fully based on
genealogy/phylogeny?