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The term for these sorts of categories is called "Wastebin Taxon"
by Areibman 5y ago
The term for these sorts of categories is called "Wastebin Taxon"
- yesenadam 5y agoThat's pretty much a worse than pointless comment, isn't it, without some reason/justification supporting it. The wiki page for the term in question begins "Wastebasket taxon (also called a wastebin taxon, dustbin taxon or catch-all taxon)", so it does seem there's no one correct term.
- t786342723 5y agoThe posh word is "polyphyletic"
- DarylZero 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastebasket_taxon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wastebasket_taxon