Within-order comparisons of (A) LL, (B) LMA and (C) 2C between herbaceous and woody growth forms. Data points represent mean trait values for all species of that growth form within any order containing both woody and herbaceous species. Sample sizes for: Asterales (nherb = 4, nwoody = 1), Caryophyllales (nherb = 3, nwoody = 8), Fabales (nherb = 1, nwoody = 13), Lamiales (nherb = 1, nwoody = 1) and Rosales (nherb = 1, nwoody = 3). Trait axes were log base 10 scaled.