Table 2.
Ordinary Pearson correlations between seed mass and seed number as well as between seed mass and time to germination at the order level for 1,119 plant species from the Mountains of Southwest China. NA indicates insufficient data to complete the analysis
| Order | Number of species | Traits | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed mass by seed number | Seed mass by time to germination | ||||
| Coefficient | p‐Value | Coefficient | p‐Value | ||
| Alismatales | 5 | 0.50 | >.05 | 0.01 | >.05 |
| Apiales | 83 | 0.24 | .031 | 0.31 | .005 |
| Asparagales | 9 | −0.89 | .001 | 0.84 | .005 |
| Asterales | 194 | −0.62 | <.001 | 0.07 | >.05 |
| Boraginales | 11 | NA | NA | 0.12 | >.05 |
| Brassicales | 10 | −0.84 | .002 | 0.06 | >.05 |
| Caryophyllales | 66 | 0.04 | >.05 | −0.02 | >.05 |
| Celastrales | 5 | 0.86 | >.05 | 0.74 | >.05 |
| Cornales | 6 | 0.66 | >.05 | −0.66 | >.05 |
| Dioscoreales | 4 | 0.65 | >.05 | 0.42 | >.05 |
| Dipsacales | 31 | −0.65 | <.001 | 0.52 | .003 |
| Ericales | 23 | −0.65 | <.001 | −0.15 | >.05 |
| Fabales | 58 | 0.19 | >.05 | 0.04 | >.05 |
| Fagales | 4 | NA | NA | −0.28 | >.05 |
| Gentianales | 18 | −0.52 | .029 | 0.38 | >.05 |
| Gnetales | 3 | NA | NA | 0.99 | >.05 |
| Lamiales | 114 | −0.07 | >.05 | 0.31 | <.001 |
| Liliales | 25 | −0.01 | >.05 | 0.62 | .001 |
| Magnoliales | 3 | −0.11 | >.05 | −0.99 | >.05 |
| Malpighiales | 13 | −0.71 | .007 | −0.30 | >.05 |
| Malvales | 11 | −0.32 | >.05 | 0.23 | >.05 |
| Pinales | 7 | −0.31 | >.05 | 0.17 | >.05 |
| Poales | 80 | NA | NA | −0.20 | >.05 |
| Ranunculales | 87 | −0.03 | >.05 | 0.09 | >.05 |
| Rosales | 184 | −0.12 | >.05 | 0.18 | >.05 |
| Sapindales | 28 | −0.30 | >.05 | 0.15 | >.05 |
| Saxifragales | 3 | −0.40 | >.05 | −0.79 | >.05 |
| Solanales | 8 | −0.23 | >.05 | −0.43 | >.05 |
| Vitales | 9 | 0.40 | >.05 | 0.45 | >.05 |
| Zingiberales | 3 | 0.98 | >.05 | 0.15 | >.05 |