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. 2013 Mar 10;111(5):873–886. doi: 10.1093/aob/mct053

Table Table 1.

Posterior age distributions of major nodes of Paederia in Rubiaceae, with results of ancestral reconstruction using the Bayesian CTMC and Lagrange

Age estimates
Bayesian CTMC
Lagrange
Node Mean (Mya) 95 % HPD (Mya) Five-area Six-area Five-area Six-area
C1: Rubiaceae stem 78·57 76·64–80·54
C2: Cephalanthus stem 33·48 31·59–35·47
C3: Scyphiphora stem 22·88 20·98–24·82
C4: Faramea stem 36·84 34·94–38·8
C5: Morinda crown 43·36 41·46–45·27
1: Paederia stem 30·73 22·84–39·67 A (0·83) A (0·86) A | A (0·43) A | A (0·44)
2: Paederia crown 24·21 16·41–32·5 A (0·83) A (0·86) A | A (0·40) A | A (0·41)
3: Paederia clade I crown 15·92 5·11–26·21 A (0·77) A (0·81) B | A (0·65) B | A (0·49)
4: Asian – African disjunction 15·99 10·28–22·68 A (0·80) A (0·83) C | A (0·68) C | A (0·43)
5: Paederia clade II crown 8·68 4·59–14·43 C (0·74) C (0·23) C | C (0·49) D | C (0·39)
D (0·22)
F (0·23) CD | C (0·49) F | C (0·39)
6: African–Central American disjunction 6·08 1·87–11·33 C (0·74) C (0·30) C | D (0·86) F | D (0·60)
D (0·30)
7: Paederia clade III crown 12·13 7·9–17·93 A (0·95) A (0·96) A | A (0·78) A | A (0·81)
8: Asian–South American disjunction 10·01 5·57–15·47 A (0·95) A (0·96) E | A (0·65) E | A (0·65)

Node numbers correlate with those in Figs 2 and 3 (C1–C5, calibration nodes). Letters represent results of ancestral reconstruction (as defined in Fig. 3).