Table 6 in Simonachne, a new genus for Australia segregated from Ancistrachne s. l. (Poaceae: Panicoideae: Paniceae) and a new subtribe Cleistochloinae

Table 6. Summary of results from cluster analyses.
VariableDescription of variationFigureRemarksAlgorithmClassification analysis using baseline dataset of 24 samples and 161 characters using two assocaition measures, Czekanowski and GowerFig. 5Topologies using the two association measures are congruent.Ordination using dataset of 24 samples and 161 characters with Gower association measureFig. 6Relationships of clusters compatible with those from the classification analysis for the same dataset.Sample set compositionDatasets with 10, 24 and 30 samples dataset and 161 characters and classification analysis using Gower association measure (Test 1)Fig. 5, Appendix 3All topologies agree with results from analysis of baseline dataset.Character formatAll characters in binary format comprising dataset of 365 characters and 24 samples and classification analysis using Gower association measure (Test 2)Fig. 5Topology congruent with that for the baseline dataset.Character set composition102 characters from Thompson and Fabillo (2021) and classification analysis using Gower association measure (Test 3)Fig. 5Topology shows the same relationships of taxa as for baseline dataset. Taxon relationships congruent with cladogram by Thompson and Fabillo (2021).Fifteen datasets compiled from the most discriminating characters and classification analyses using Gower association measure (Test 4)Appendix 4For the top 30 most discriminating characters, the three major clusters were the same as for the baseline dataset. Results for the top 130–150 characters were congruent with the baseline results.A priori set of 15 characters from Morrone et al. (2012), datasets with 8 and 24 samples andAppendix 5Topology for the 8-sample set congruent with the baseline dataset at 3-group level.classification analyses using Gower and Czekanowski association measures (Test 5)Topology for 24-sample set not congruent with baseline at 3-group level using Gower association measure, congruent using Czekanowski. Clusters for Cleistochloinae and Neurachninae congruent with baseline.