---
name: "graphlan_annotate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "graphlan"
version: "1.1.3-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/graphlan_annotate"
---

# graphlan\_annotate(1)

GraPhlAn annotate module

## NAME

graphlan\_annotate - GraPhlAn annotate module

## SYNOPSIS

**graphlan\_annotate** \[-h\] \[--annot annotation\_file\] \[-v\] input\_tree \[output\_tree\]

## DESCRIPTION

GraPhlAn is a software tool for producing high-quality circular representations of taxonomic and phylogenetic trees. It focuses on concise, integrative, informative, and publication-ready representations of phylogenetically- and taxonomically-driven investigation.

graphlan\_annotate is the annotate module of [graphlan(1)](/graphlan/1.md).

## OPTIONS

### positional arguments:

- input\_tree

  the input tree in Newick, Nexus, PhyloXML or plain text format

- output\_tree

  the output tree in PhyloXML format containing the newly added annotations. If not specified, the input tree file will be overwritten

### optional arguments:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--annot** annotation\_file

  specify the annotation file

- **-v**, **--version**

  Prints the current GraPhlAn version and exit

## SEE ALSO

[graphlan(1)](/graphlan/1.md)

## AUTHOR

The software was written by Nicola Segata \<nsegata@hsph.harvard.edu\>

This manpage was written by Andreas Tille for the Debian distribution and can be used for any other usage of the program.