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Table 1 Number of significant shifts in net diversification rate (topology-based method of Moore et al.[20]) with indication of cool (black) and warm (bold) climate modes of the Phanerozoic [21].

From: Diversification of land plants: insights from a family-level phylogenetic analysis

Climate modes

0-54

55-105

106-183

184-252

253-333

334-420

421-458

Total

Angiosperms

23

29

54

52

16

20

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

99

101

Ferns

-

-

5

4

1

1

1

1

1

1

-

2

2

-

10

9

Mosses

2

7

6

8

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

11

17

Gymnosperms

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Liverworts

-

-

-

-

2

1

5

4

4

4

2

1

1

1

14

11

Total

25

36

65

64

23

25

12

5

5

5

2

3

3

1

135

139

  1. Bold number columns correspond to periods of rate increases. Time unit is Mya (million years ago). For each lineage the bottom row (italics) corresponds to the constrained tree.