Table 1.

Summary of number of species, ancestral habitat and phyloregions corresponding to crown nodes for Poales.

Family	Total	Studied	Studied %	Closed	Phyloregion	Habitat
Poaceae	11 994	5341	45	449	Afrotropical	Closed
Cyperaceae	5870	2690	46	398	Neotropic	Open
Bromeliaceae	3564	1066	30	551	Neotropic	Open
Eriocaulaceae	1206	348	29	6	Neotropic	Open
Restionaceae	552	453	82	3	Austral	Open
Juncaceae	514	209	41	5	Palearctic	Open
Xyridaceae	406	13	3	1	Neotropic	Open
Rapateaceae	97	24	25	2	Neotropic	Open
Typhaceae	74	26	35	0	Palearctic	Open
Thurniaceae	8	4	50	0	Neotropic	Open
Flagellariaceae	5	4	80	2	Indomalayan	Closed
Mayacaceae	5	1	20	0	Neotropic	Open
Joinvilleaceae	4	2	50	2	Indomalayan	Closed
Ecdeiocoleaceae	3	2	67	0	Austral	Open
Total	24 302	10 183		1419
%		42		14

Total number of species per family was derived from the ‘World Checklist of Vascular Plants’ (WCVP; Govaerts, 2022). The number of species found in closed habitats was calculated from Supporting Information Table S3, while Phyloregions corresponding to the crown nodes were inferred from Fig. 3.