Divergence in Defence against Herbivores between Males and Females of Dioecious Plant Species

Table 4

Total number of species, number of dioecious species, proportion of dioecious species, and estimated 2% of dioecious species in the top 30 most species-rich families with a proportion of dioecious species greater than 0.5 (from unpublished data from S. Renner, University of Munich).

Family	Total species	Dioecious species	Proportion of dioecious species	2% of dioecious species
Arecaceae	815	778	0.955	16
Pandanaceae	777	777	1.000	16
Lauraceae	1123	776	0.691	16
Menispermaceae	577	577	1.000	12
Ebenaceae	487	487	1.000	10
Anacardiaceae	594	439	0.739	9
Salicaceae	436	435	0.998	9
Myristicaceae	367	365	0.995	7
Clusiaceae	590	365	0.619	7
Restionaceae	387	364	0.941	7
Aquifoliaceae	400	300	0.750	6
Smilacaceae	215	205	0.953	4
Cucurbitaceae	390	197	0.505	4
Flacourtiaceae	209	192	0.919	4
Burseraceae	234	175	0.748	4
Cecropiaceae	184	174	0.946	3
Thymelaeaceae	236	119	0.504	2
Vitaceae	155	118	0.761	2
Loranthaceae	147	114	0.776	2
Meliaceae	181	105	0.580	2
Theaceae	155	94	0.606	2
Proteaceae	84	84	1.000	2
Hydrocharitaceae	123	75	0.610	2
Monimiaceae	108	74	0.685	1
Rhamnaceae	140	71	0.507	1
Nepenthaceae	70	70	1.000	1
Siparunaceae	93	68	0.731	1
Myricaceae	52	51	0.981	1
Chloranthaceae	57	51	0.895	1
Casuarinaceae	96	51	0.531	1
Total	9482	7751		155