core.tree.make_tree

core.tree.make_tree(
    treestring=None,
    tip_names=None,
    format_name=None,
    underscore_unmunge=False,
    source=None,
)

Initialises a tree.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
treestring	str \| None	a newick or xml formatted tree string	`None`
tip_names	Iterable[str] \| None	a list of tip names, returns a “star” topology tree	`None`
format_name	str \| None	indicates treestring is either newick or xml formatted, default is newick	`None`
underscore_unmunge	bool	replace underscores with spaces in all names read, i.e. “sp_name” becomes “sp name”	`False`
source	str \| pathlib.Path \| None	path to file tree came from, string value assigned to tree.source	`None`

Underscore unmunging is turned off by default, although it is part of the Newick format.

Name	Type	Description
	PhyloNode