There are 200 examples of tree diagrams in The Book of Trees, the small forest of diversity a good argument for their proliferation in visualizing data. (It’s too bad the book does not include a ...

A phylogenetic tree, also known as a phylogeny, is a diagram that depicts the lines of evolutionary descent of different species, organisms, or genes from a common ancestor.

Over a tree's lifetime these strands would weave and cross, forming an intricate latticework around a hollow core. “It's just incredibly complex,” Berry says.