Table 1.

Results of one-way ANOVAs showing the effects of phylogenetic group, seed mass, seed shape, dispersal type, adult longevity, life form, onset of flowering, and ecotype on germination percentage among species.

Source of variation	df	F	Sig.	R2
Phylogenetic group	12	3.761	0.000***	0.355
Seed mass	6	3.126	0.008**	0.176
Seed shape	5	26.565	0.000***	0.599
Dispersal type	4	35.526	0.000***	0.612
Onset of flowering	2	70.779	0.000***	0.606
Adult longevity	1	0.564	0.454ns	0.006
Life form	2	0.054	0.947ns	0.001
Ecotype	3	1.733	0.166ns	0.054
Seed color	6	0.839	0.543ns	0.054

df, degrees of freedom; R², proportion of GP variance explained by each factor.

^**P < 0.01;

^***P < 0.001;

^nsP > 0.05.