I was wondering about this a couple months ago when I realized "woody stem vs succulent stem" type variations existed in the same family all the time
Trees are... not a real category of thing?
"On the evolutionary tree of plants, trees are regularly interspersed with things that are absolutely, 100% not trees... The common ancestor of a stinging nettle and a strawberry plant was a tree."
eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021…
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Very tangentially... every time I see that diagram I have trouble with its categorization of Pineapple as "definitely a tree".
May 10, 2021 · 3:07 PM UTC
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