Well, I suppose the more striking statement is that you can find two trees and two bushes such that there is a tree/bush pair that is closer related than the tr

Well, I suppose the more striking statement is that you can find two trees and two bushes such that there is a tree/bush pair that is closer related than the tree/tree pair. Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo/Maidenhair Tree) https://www.vdberk.com/trees/ginkgo-biloba-mascia/ https://www.vdberk.com/trees/ginkgo-biloba-mascia/ Pinus strobus (White Pine) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIST https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PIST Ephedra sinica (Chinese Ephedra/Ma Huang) https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135489-Ephedra-sinica https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135489-Ephedra-sinica Juniperus horizontalis (Creeping Juniper) https://www.gardenia.net/plant/juniperus-horizontalis-blue-chip https://www.gardenia.net/plant/juniperus-horizontalis-blue-c... I think visually the first two look alike and the last two look alike. I would phenotypically bucket them together. But the reality of genetic relation is different.