#NEXUS
[NOTES block examples are from p. 615-616 of Swofford, et al., 1997]

BEGIN TAXA;
	dimensions ntax=5;
	taxlabels A B Pan D five;  
END;

BEGIN CHARACTERS;
	dimensions nchar=3;
	format
		datatype=standard
		missing=?
		gap=-
		;
	
	matrix
		A	000
		B	000
		Pan	112
		D	201
		five	201
		;
END;

BEGIN NOTES;
	text taxon=(1-3) text='these taxa from the far north';
	text taxon=5 character=2 text='4 specimens observed';
	text taxon=Pan text='This genus lives in Africa';
	text character=2 text='Perhaps this character should be deleted';
	text character=1 state=0 text='This state is hard to detect';
END;

BEGIN TREES;
	tree 'improvised' = ((A:1,B:1):2,(five:2,(Pan:1,D:1):1):1);
END;