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Table 5 Estimates of divergence time for species within the Musaceae family

From: A multi gene sequence-based phylogeny of the Musaceae (banana) family

Node description

Node

designation

(corresponds

to Figure 3)

Divergence

date

(mya)

HPD range a

Reference

Ancestral split

Z

124.0

n/a

[36]

Calibration point (Ensete oregonense fossil record)

*

43.0

n/a

[51]

Musaceae

A

69.1

57.8-80.5

present study

Musa

B

50.7

40.4-61.5

present study

M. coccinea -remaining

D

28.7

21.2-36.6

present study

Eumusa B genome-remaining

C

27.9

21.5-34.4

present study

M. manni (Rhodochlamys)-remaining

E

20.0

15.0-25.9

present study

Eumusa A genome

G

11.4

8.6-14.7

present study

M. beccarii (Callimusa)-remaining

F

8.8

6.1-11.4

present study

M. ornata

I

8.8

6.2-11.8

present study

Australimusa section-remaining

H

5.2

3.5-6.7

present study

Fe'i - M. maclayi

J

2.5

1.4-3.6

present study

  1. a HPD range - the confidence interval of the BEAST analysis expressed as the highest posterior density (HPD) interval.