Table 1.
Ingroup pairs, outgroup taxa, and nucleotide substitution ratios (1 − shorter branch length/longer branch length)
| Tropical ingroup | Temperate ingroup | Outgroup | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agathis borneensis | Agathis australis | Araucaria araucana | 0.92672 |
| Metrosideros salomonensis | Metrosideros umbellata | Cloezia floribunda | 0.90795 |
| Podocarpus archboldii | Podocarpus cunninghamii | Nageia nagi | 0.88851 |
| Lithocarpus rufovillosus | Lithocarpus densiflorus | Quercus suber | 0.86659 |
| Sophora tomentosa | Sophora tetraptera | Calpurnia aurea | 0.83811 |
| Nothofagus grandis | Nothofagus antarctica | Betula pendula | 0.78243 |
| Elmerrillia tsiampacca | Magnolia virginiana | Liriodendron tulipifera | 0.74319 |
| Eucalyptus deglupta | Eucalyptus coccifera | Angophora costata | 0.73571 |
| Geniostoma rupestre | Geniostoma rupestre | Mitreola petiolata | 0.72605 |
| Pennantia cunninghamii | Pennantia corymbosa | Corynocarpus cribbianus Griselinia lucida | 0.71942 |
| Clematis javana | Clematis paniculata | Naravelia laurifolia | 0.69887 |
| Schefflera macrostachya | Schefflera digitata | Polyscias ledermanii | 0.69509 |
| Kunzea graniticola | Kunzea ericoides | Agonis flexuosa | 0.68131 |
| Pittosporum ramiflorum | Pittosporum tenuifolium | Sollya heterophylla | 0.67852 |
| Opocunonia nymanii | Caldcluvia paniculosa | Ceratopetalum apetalum | 0.66781 |
| Araucaria hunsteinii | Araucaria araucana | Agathis australis | 0.66353 |
| Metrosideros whiteana | Metrosideros parkinsonii | Cloezia floribunda | 0.66026 |
| Rapanea leucantha | Rapanea howittiana | Myrsine oliveri | 0.61595 |
| Dysoxylum arborescens | Dysoxylum spectabile | Guarea glabra | 0.61172 |
| Alectryon connatus | Alectryon excelsus | Pappea capensis | 0.60566 |
| Albizia procera | Albizia julibrissin | Inga edulis | 0.59658 |
| Elaeocarpus sphaericus | Elaeocarpus hookerianus | Aristotelia serrata | 0.58196 |
| Coprosma nadeandii | Coprosma tenuifolia | Nertera dichondrifolia | 0.56816 |
| Piper methysticum | Macropiper excelsum | Sarcorhachis sydowii | 0.55044 |
| Diospyros ferrea | Diospyros virginiana | Euclea crispa | 0.52719 |
| Streblus glaber | Streblus heterophylla | Morus wittiorum | 0.47233 |
| Passiflora foetida | Passiflora tetrandra | Adenia heterophylla | 0.46786 |
| Celtis latifolia | Celtis occidentalis | Trema orientalis | 0.42441 |
| Polyscias ledermanii | Polyscias sambucifolia | Schefflera digitata | 0.41911 |
| Litsea globosa | Litsea calicaris | Phoebe formosana | 0.40927 |
| Rhus taitensis | Rhus typhina | Searsia quartiniana | 0.40531 |
| Phyllanthus cicciodes | Phyllanthus gunnii | Sauropus granulosus | 0.38169 |
| Carpodetus arboreus | Carpodetus serratus | Cuttsia viburnea | 0.35508 |
| Grevillea papuana | Grevillea robusta | Buckinghamia celsissima Opisthiolepis heterophylla | 0.35455 |
| Acacia aulacocarpa | Acacia frigescens | Parkia timoriana | 0.34539 |
| Melicope cf. crassiramus | Melicope simplex | Haplophyllum bastetanum | 0.32393 |
| Pouteria macropoda | Pouteria costata | Xantolis siamensis | 0.32046 |
| Tasmannia insipida | Tasmannia lanceolata | Takhtajania perrieri | 0.30354 |
| Vitex cofassus | Vitex lucens | Callicarpa dichotoma | 0.29509 |
| Acmenosperma claviflorum | Syzygium maire | Thaleropia queenslandica | 0.24377 |
| Ceratopetalum succirubrum | Ceratopetalum apetalum | Caldcluvia paniculosa | 0.23931 |
| Corynocarpus cribbianus | Corynocarpus laevigatus | Griselinia lucida Pennantia corymbosa | 0.17074 |
| Banksia dentata | Banksia marginata | Austromuellera trinervia | 0.14173 |
| Dodonaea viscosa | Dodonaea viscosa | Harpullia cupanioides | 0.01769 |
| Weinmannia fraxinea | Weinmannia racemosa | Ackama rosaefolia | 0.00058 |
n = 45. Longer temperate branches are in bold face.