Relating to or arising from branching; describing organisms or structures produced through cladogenesis or branch formation.
From Greek 'klados' (branch) and '-genous' (producing/origin), literally meaning 'producing branches' or 'from branching.' An alternative form of cladogenetic used in older botanical and biological texts.
The term 'cladogenous' is less commonly used today, but when scientists describe a trait as cladogenous, they mean it arose specifically because of the branching events in an organism's evolutionary history, not gradual transformation.
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