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Table 4 Times of divergence of Poaceae clades based on BEAST analysis of complete chloroplast sequences, with a calibration for BEP-PACMAD divergence (exponential distribution, mean 20.0, offset 35.0)

From: Molecular dating of phylogenetic divergence between Urochloa species based on complete chloroplast genomes

Clade

Age (mya)

95% HPD Lower Bound

95% HPD Upper Bound

Puelioideae

54.1

35.22

92.11

BEP-PACMAD divergence

51.3

35

86.8

Aristida - Crown PACMAD

38.01

21.65

65.71

CMAD

33.71

18.36

58.48

Panicoideae

31.42

17.26

54.8

Urochloa – Setaria

15.37

6.66

27.82

Urochloa humidicola

9.46

3.94

17.35

Urochloa ruziziensis

5.67

2.04

10.79

U. decumbens – U. brizantha

1.6

0.36

3.43