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A 'phylogeny' displays classification as trees. Why is this name appropriate?

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Due to it´s root word, Phylum.

Step-by-step explanation:

Phylum´s textbook definition reads - a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom. Phylogeny is the study of Phylogenesis, which to a broad degree, is the classification of organisms.

P.S. Phylogenesis also discusses the evolutionary process of said organisms.

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