getDescendants: Get descendant node numbers

In phytools: Phylogenetic Tools for Comparative Biology (and Other Things)

Get descendant node numbers

Description

Returns the descendants or parent of a specified node.

Usage

getDescendants(tree, node, curr=NULL)
getParent(tree, node)

Arguments

tree	a phylogenetic tree as an object of class "phylo".
node	an integer specifying a node number in the tree.
curr	the set of previously stored node numbers - used in recursive function calls.

Details

getDescendants returns the set of node & tip numbers descended from node.

getParent returns the single parent node of a specified node number (or NULL if node is already the root).

Value

The set of node and tip numbers for the nodes and tips descended from node in a vector, or for getParent the single node preceding node in the tree.

Author(s)

Liam Revell [e-mail]

References

Revell, L. J. (2024) phytools 2.0: an updated R ecosystem for phylogenetic comparative methods (and other things). PeerJ, 12, e16505.

See Also

Descendants, paintSubTree

phytools documentation built on Nov. 5, 2025, 5:11 p.m.