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The formula that assume that species form a tree is bound to fail, as the true structure is more like a ragged net, or rete.
Vis: some species split and then recombine in some way later down the track, formed a closed polygon. This cannot be visualised by a pure tree structure.
I fear this effort is doomed, if they don't take this basic fact into account.
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