Table 1.

Divergence times for the Cupressaceae obtained under a Bayesian relaxed clock as implemented in the program BEAST

		Ages (Ma)*
Uniform priors (P, subset VND)†	Lognormal priors (P, subset VND)‡
Node	Node description	Uniform priors (subset NVND)
1	Stem lineage of Cupressaceae	245 (209–282)	242 (194–293)
2	Crown lineage of Cupressaceae	219 (184–254)	211 (168–259)
	(Stem of Cunninghamioideae)
3	Stem of Taiwanioideae	204 (170–238)	195 (157–240)
4	Stem of Athrotaxoideae	190 (157–224)	182 (145–222)
5	Stem of Sequoioideae	183 (150–215)	174 (139–213)
6	Stem of Taxodioideae	170 (140–201)	159 (128–194)
7	Divergence between Cupressoideae and Callitroideae	153 (124–183)	143 (114–175)
8	Crown lineage of Callitroideae	128 (98–159)	121 (92–152)
9	Stem lineage of Widdringtonia (endemic in southern Africa)	65 (42–92)	62 (40–86)
10	Crown lineage of Cupressoideae	134 (104–164)	123 (93–154)

The nodes are numbered as in Fig. 1 (144-taxon dataset: 144 taxa and 7,171 nucleotides).

*Million year ranges in parentheses denote the 95% HPD.

^†BEAST run 1 as described in SI Text and Fig. S3 in which uniform priors were applied to calibration P, subset VND (C, D, H, I, M, N, and O) and subset NVND (A, B, E, F, G, J, K, and L).

^‡BEAST run 7 as described in SI Text and Fig. S3 in which lognormal priors were assigned to calibration P and subset VND, whereas uniform priors were retained for subset NVND; see SI Text for a full explanation of all runs.