Functional group and plant communities

Sample size

Sexuality

Temporal variation between sexual expression

Spatial separation between pollen-stigma

Hermaphrodite

Monoecy

Dioecy

Adichogamy

Protandry

Protogyny

Herkogamy

Non- Herkogamy

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Life form

df = 8; χ² = 4.3 (n.s.)

df = 8; χ² = 12.7 (n.s.)

df = 4; χ² = 5.8 (n.s.)

Trees

14

11 (78.6)

2 (14.3)

1 (7.1)

9 (69.2)

4 (30.8)

0 (0.0)

12 (92.3)

1 (7.7)

Shrubs

28

21 (75.0)

5 (17.9)

2 (7.1)

21 (80.8)

5 (19.2)

0 (0.0)

21 (80.8)

5 (19.2)

Lianas

20

15 (75.0)

4 (20.0)

1 (5.0)

15 (75.0)

4 (20.0)

1 (5.0)

16 (84.2)

3 (15.8)

Perennial herbs

43

29 (67.4)

12 (27.9)

2 (4.7)

26 (63.4)

9 (22.0)

6 (14.6)

27 (65.8)

14 (34.2)

Annual herbs

39

29 (74.4)

10 (25.6)

0 (0.0)

21 (53.8)

9 (23.1)

9 (23.1)

27 (69.2)

12 (30.8)

Succulence

df = 2; χ² = 1.8 (n.s.)

df = 2; χ² = 2.1 (n.s.)

df = 1; χ² = 0.4 (n.s.)

Non-succulent

115

85 (70.8)

30 (25.0)

5 (4.2)

77 (66.4)

24 (20.7)

15 (12.9)

87 (75.6)

28 (24.4)

Succulent

23

20 (83.3)

3 (15.5)

1 (4.2)

15 (65.2)

7 (30.4)

1 (4.4)

16 (69.6)

7 (30.4)

Carbon metabolism

df = 4; χ² = 6.6 (n.s.)

df = 4; χ² = 6.3 (n.s.)

df = 2; χ² = 1.9 (n.s.)

C₃

97

70 (72.2)

21 (21.6)

6 (6.2)

65 (70.6)

18 (19.6)

9 (9.8)

71 (78.0)

20 (22.0)

C₄

29

19 (65.5)

10 (34.5)

0 (0.0)

17 (58.6)

6 (20.7)

6 (20.7)

19 (65.5)

10 (34.5)

CAM

18

16 (88.9)

2 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

10 (55.6)

7 (38.9)

1 (5.4)

13 (72.2)

5 (27.8)

Dispersal syndromes^Δ

df = 6; χ² = 17.5, P < 0.007

df = 6; χ² = 10.1 (n.s.)

df = 3; χ² = 1.9 (n.s.)

Frugivory¹

40

30 (75.0)

5 (12.5)

5 (12.5)

27 (75.0)

7 (19.4)

2 (5.6)

28 (80.0)

7 (20.0)

Granivorechory²

59

34 (64.2)

19 (35.8)

0 (0.0)

32 (60.4)

10 (18.9)

11 (20.7)

37 (69.8)

16 (30.2)

Abiotic³

43

27 (62.8)

14 (32.6)

2 (4.6)

21 (51.2)

14 (34.2)

6 (14.6)

33 (80.5)

8 (19.5)

Epizoochory

18

16 (88.9)

2 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

14 (77.8)

3 (16.7)

1 (5.5)

13 (72.2)

5 (27.8)

Pollination systems

df = 6; χ² = 11.8 (n.s.)

df = 6; χ² = 6.8 (n.s.)

df = 3; χ² = 2.1 (n.s.)

Monophily

24

21 (87.5)

3 (12.5)

0 (0.0)

18 (75.0)

4 (16.7)

2 (8.3)

20 (83.3)

4 (16.7)

Oligophily

28

24 (85.7)

4 (14.3)

0 (0.0)

24 (85.7)

3 (10.7)

1 (3.6)

24 (85.7)

4 (14.3)

Polyphily

44

28 (63.6)

12 (27.3)

4 (9.1)

25 (61.0)

13 (31.7)

3 (7.3)

30 (75.0)

10 (25.0)

Anemophily

17

11 (64.7)

6 (35.3)

0 (0.0)

10 (58.8)

5 (29.4)

2 (11.8)

12 (70.6)

5 (29.4)

Habitats

df = 2; χ² = 5.11 (n.s.)

df = 2; χ² = 1.43 (n.s.)

df = 1; χ² = 1.05 (n.s.)

Late seral (undisturbed)

45

34 (75.6)

7 (15.5)

4 (8.9)

26 (61.9)

12 (28.6)

4 (9.5)

33 (80.5)

8 (19.5)

Pioneer (disturbed areas)

99

71 (71.7)

26 (26.3)

2 (2.0)

66 (68.0)

19 (19.6)

12 (12.4)

70 (72.2)

27 (27.8)

Overall community

144

105 (72.9)

33 (22.9)

6 (4.2)

92 (66.2)

31 (22.3)

16 (15.5)

103 (74.6)

35 (25.4)