Table 1 Plant diversification rates in the CFR and beyond. Net diversification rates of Cape clades and other recent radiations worldwide in species per million years, estimated using species numbers and clades ages with the method of S Magallón and MJ Sanderson [30]

Cape Erica

690

6.0–15.0

This paper

0.28–0.70

0.39–0.97

Range of estimates from RELTIME and BEAST analyses

Muraltia

124

8.6–16.4

[32]

0.15–0.29

0.25–0.48

Presented range (molecular dating)

Restionoideae

350

31.7–65.4

[32]

0.05–0.11

0.07–0.16

Presented range (molecular dating)

Pentameris

83

13.2–16.1

[33]

0.13–0.16

0.23–0.28

Presented range (molecular dating)

Protea

69

11.2–27.2

[34]

0.07–0.18

0.13–0.32

Presented range (molecular dating)

Andean lupins

85

1.6–2.3

[2]

0.96–1.38

1.64–2.37

Lupinus stem calibrated at 21.16 Ma

1.2–1.8

As above

1.24–1.86

2.13–3.18

Lupinus stem calibrated at 16.01 Ma

Ice plants (Aizoaceae: Ruschioideae)

1563

0.6–7.0

[5]

0.28–3.32

0.5–5.88

Calibrated with ITS substitution rates

8.0–9.4

As above

0.53–0.63

0.71–0.83

Calibrated with plastid substitution rates

European Dianthus

200

0.61–2.4

[4]

1.23–4.90

1.9–7.55

Min. and max. ages reported

Inga

300

1.6–9.8

[3]

0.34–2.11

0.51–3.13

Calibrated with trnL-F/ITS substitution rates