NTip: Number of leaves in a phylogenetic tree

In TreeTools: Create, Modify and Analyse Phylogenetic Trees

Number of leaves in a phylogenetic tree

Description

NTip() extends ape::Ntip() to handle objects of class Splits and list, and edge matrices (equivalent to tree$edge).

Usage

NTip(phy)

## Default S3 method:
NTip(phy)

## S3 method for class 'Splits'
NTip(phy)

## S3 method for class 'list'
NTip(phy)

## S3 method for class 'phylo'
NTip(phy)

## S3 method for class 'multiPhylo'
NTip(phy)

## S3 method for class 'phyDat'
NTip(phy)

## S3 method for class 'matrix'
NTip(phy)

Arguments

phy	Object representing one or more phylogenetic trees.

Value

NTip() returns an integer specifying the number of tips in each object in phy.

See Also

Other tree properties: ConsensusWithout(), MatchEdges(), NSplits(), NodeNumbers(), PathLengths(), SplitsInBinaryTree(), TipLabels(), TreeIsRooted()

Other Splits operations: LabelSplits(), NSplits(), PolarizeSplits(), SplitFrequency(), Splits, SplitsInBinaryTree(), TipLabels(), TipsInSplits(), match,Splits,Splits-method, xor()

TreeTools documentation built on Aug. 8, 2025, 7:18 p.m.