How to make a phylogenetic tree from a table?

Choose "Lineage table" and paste one row per species, from the broadest group to the species, for example "Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens". Species that share groups share branches. If your table holds pairwise distances instead, choose "Distance matrix" and the tree is built by neighbor-joining.

How to make phylogenetic tree in R?

In R, packages such as ape, phangorn and ggtree read, build and plot trees; ape::write.tree() saves any tree object as Newick. To finish the figure without more plotting code, paste that Newick string here and edit labels and colours visually.

How to make a phylogenetic tree from DNA sequences?

Align the sequences first with a tool such as MAFFT, Clustal Omega or MUSCLE, then infer the tree with IQ-TREE, RAxML or MEGA and export it as Newick. This page draws the tree; it does not align sequences or run the inference. If you already have pairwise distances, the matrix input builds a neighbor-joining tree.

How to make a phylogenetic tree in Word?

Word has no tree layout, so draw the tree here and insert it: use the PNG at 300 dpi or the SVG through Insert > Pictures. If co-authors need to edit labels inside Office, download the PPTX, where every label is a text box you can copy into Word.

How to make phylogenetic tree online?

Paste a Newick string, lineage table or distance matrix into the box at the top of this page; the preview appears immediately in the browser. Sign in with a free account to open the tree in the editor and download it.

How to make unrooted phylogenetic tree?

Neighbor-joining and many maximum-likelihood trees are unrooted. They are drawn here in rectangular form with the root placed at the last join, shown as a three-way split; radial or circular layouts are not available. To root on an outgroup, reroot in your tree software before exporting Newick.

How to make a good phylogenetic tree?

Use enough informative sites, a suitable substitution model and an outgroup, and report branch support. In the figure, italicise species names, show support values only where they matter, add a scale bar for branch lengths, and keep fonts consistent with your other figures.

Can I make a phylogenetic tree from a FASTA file?

Not directly. A FASTA file holds sequences, which first need aligning and a tree inference. Run them through an aligner and a tree program, then paste the Newick output here.

Is there an AI phylogenetic tree maker?

Tree inference should come from a statistical method, not a language model, so this tool does not guess relationships. It draws exactly the tree you provide. AI is used elsewhere on the site for illustrations, for example a picture of the organisms to place beside the tree.

Is the phylogenetic tree maker free?

Yes. Drawing, editing and saving trees never uses credits. A free account is needed to save and download, and free-plan downloads carry a small corner watermark that any plan or credit pack removes.

Can I paste a Newick tree?

Yes. Branch lengths, quoted names, underscores for spaces, [comments] and internal labels such as bootstrap values are all read. Trees with up to 150 tips are supported; for NEXUS files, copy the Newick line after "tree name =".

Which formats can I export the tree in?

PNG or JPG at 300 or 600 dpi, SVG for a vector figure, and PPTX in which every branch and label is an editable PowerPoint object.

Phylogenetic Tree Maker

Paste the Newick output of your tree software, a lineage table or a distance matrix, and this phylogenetic tree maker draws a publication-style tree: italic species names, support values, branch lengths and a scale bar. Edit any label or branch, then export a figure ready for your paper, poster or slides.

Tree in Newick format

Branch lengthsAligned tipsShow support values

Paste the Newick output of IQ-TREE, RAxML, MEGA, FastTree or PhyML. Underscores become spaces; up to 150 tips.

Free: drawing trees never uses credits. A free account is needed to edit and download.

Rectangular phylogenetic tree with species names, support values and a scale bar | phylogenetic tree maker

What Is a Phylogenetic Tree Maker?

Programs such as IQ-TREE, RAxML, MEGA or BEAST infer a tree and save it as text, and their built-in plots rarely meet journal standards. A phylogenetic tree maker turns that text into a figure: it lays out the branches, aligns or scales the tips, and gives you labels you can style. It also builds simple trees directly from a classification table or a matrix of pairwise distances.

Online Phylogenetic Tree Maker for Figures

Nothing to install and no R session to set up: open the page, paste your tree and see it drawn instantly. This online tool keeps every species name, support value and branch as a separate editable object, so the figure you export is the one you designed rather than a screenshot of a viewer.

Phylogenetic Tree Maker from Table or Newick

Three inputs are supported. Newick with branch lengths, quoted names and bootstrap or posterior values. A lineage table, one row per species from class or order down to species, for a taxonomy-based cladogram. Or a phylogenetic tree maker from matrix input: a distance matrix from a spreadsheet, joined by neighbor-joining.

Phylograms and Cladograms

Draw branch lengths to scale as a phylogram, with a scale bar sized to a round number, or align every tip as a cladogram when only the branching order matters. Trees are drawn in the rectangular style most journals use; internal labels show support values or clade names.

Why Use Our Phylogenetic Tree Maker?

Most tree viewers are built for exploring a hundred thousand tips, not for a six-panel figure due next week. This tool is built for the last step: a clear, consistent tree that matches the rest of your figures and stays editable through every round of review.

Free Phylogenetic Tree Maker for Papers

Drawing and editing trees costs no credits, so it can be used for every revision. The output follows common journal conventions: italic binomial names, support values at nodes, a labelled scale bar and clean lines that stay sharp in vector formats.

Edit Labels, Colors and Clades

Open the tree in the editor to rename tips, recolour a clade, thicken branches, add brackets and clade labels, or place the tree next to an illustration of the organisms. Every change is saved as a version you can return to.

Pair it with a scientific illustration

Support Values and a Scale Bar

Internal node labels from your Newick string, such as bootstrap percentages or posterior probabilities, are placed beside their nodes, and the scale bar is chosen automatically from the tree depth. Turn support values off for a cleaner overview figure.

How to Make a Phylogenetic Tree in 3 Steps

You need either a tree file from your analysis or a simple table. The steps below take a few minutes from paste to download.

1
Paste Newick or a Table
Choose Newick, lineage table or distance matrix, then paste your text or load the example. Underscores in names become spaces and up to 150 tips are supported.
2
Choose the Layout
Pick branch lengths for a phylogram or aligned tips for a cladogram, and decide whether support values appear. The preview redraws as you change anything.
3
Edit and Export
Open the tree in the editor to style labels and clades, then download PNG or JPG at 300 or 600 dpi, SVG or an editable PPTX.

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