Appendix 1. Characters (columns) and character states (letters) created from simple (Condition 1) and complex (Condition 2) traits.
	Characters
	Condition 1				Condition 2
Banksia sp.^a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
ilicifolia	E	H	A	G	K	M	E	E
cuneata	D	H	A	G	D	N	I	D
lindleyana	D	H	A	G	A	N	E	G
coccinea	E	I	A	B	D	G	I	D
ashbyi	B	H	A	C	A	A	E	E
elderiana	D	H	A	G	K	M	E	G
caleyi	E	I	A	B	A	R	E	G
aculeata	E	I	A	B	A	N	E	G
media	D	H	E	G	K	N	E	E
pilostylis	D	I	A	G	K	N	E	E
epica	D	D	A	D	K	B	O	H
praemosa	B	B	D	D	K	B	H	H
benthamiana	B	H	D	E	G	L	F	F
audax	D	H	A	G	G	L	F	F
laevigata subsp. laevigata	D	H	A	C	D	G	I	D
baueri	F	F	E	G	J	K	N	E
lullfitzii	F	E	E	G	C	S	E	G
attenuata	E	H	E	B	C	M	E	G
serrata	E	H	A	A	C	R	E	G
ornata	E	I	A	B	C	M	E	C
aemula	E	H	A	G	C	R	N	G
candolleana	F	F	E	G	J	K	N	C
speciosa	E	H	E	G	J	M	N	E
menziesii	F	F	E	G	J	K	E	C
sceptrum	F	E	E	G	J	K	N	C
baxteri	F	E	E	G	J	K	E	E
burdettii	F	F	E	G	J	K	N	E
prionotes	E	H	A	B	J	M	E	C
hookeriana	D	H	E	G	J	M	N	C
victoriae	F	E	E	G	J	K	E	C
gardneri var. brevidentata	E	I	A	B	K	B	O	H
blechnifolia	E	H	A	B	A	B	O	H
goodii	E	J	E	B	K	M	O	H
repens	D	H	A	G	K	B	O	H
gardneri var. hiemalis	E	J	E	A	K	B	E	H
petiolaris	E	I	A	A	J	N	O	E
chamaephyton	E	J	E	B	K	M	E	H
sphaerocarapa var. shpaerocarpa	B	C	D	D	F	P	C	A
sphaerocarapa var. caesia	B	B	D	D	F	P	C	A
sphaerocarapa var. dolichostyla	B	C	D	D	F	I	L	A
micrantha	B	B	D	E	F	I	C	A
grossa	B	C	D	D	F	O	K	A
nutans var. cernuella	C	D	D	D	H	H	J	J
nutans var. nutans	C	D	B	F	H	H	J	J
leptophylla var. melletica	A	A	D	E	F	O	L	A
leptophylla var. leptophylla	B	B	D	E	F	O	K	A
meisneri var. ascendens	A	C	D	E	F	J	L	A
telmatiaea	A	A	D	E	F	I	L	A
lanata	B	B	D	E	F	O	K	A
scabrella	A	A	D	E	F	O	L	A
pulchella	A	C	D	E	F	J	L	A
laricina	B	A	D	E	F	P	L	A
incana	B	B	D	E	F	I	L	A
violacea	A	A	D	E	F	I	L	A
grandis	B	B	D	D	A	A	P	E
solandri	C	B	D	D	D	B	H	H
oreophila	B	G	C	C	B	F	D	I
quercifolia	B	C	D	D	B	E	M	K
tricuspis	C	D	D	D	F	I	C	A
dryandroides	C	B	D	D	I	A	G	B
dentata	B	D	C	D	B	C	A	G
plagiocarpa	C	B	D	D	B	C	A	I
oblongifolia	B	C	D	D	C	D	A	K
robur	B	C	C	D	C	D	A	G
integrifolia var. integrifolia	B	G	C	C	B	D	D	G
marginata	B	G	C	C	G	F	D	I
saxicola	B	G	C	C	G	F	D	K
integrifolia var monticola	B	G	C	C	B	F	D	G
integrifolia var. compar	B	G	C	C	E	E	D	G
canei	B	G	C	C	G	F	D	H
paludosa	B	G	C	C	B	F	D	K
ericifolia var. ericifolia	B	G	C	C	B	E	D	K
spinulosa var. spinulosa	B	C	D	D	E	E	M	K
spinulosa var. collina	C	D	D	D	E	E	M	K
spinulosa var. cunninghamii	B	C	D	E	E	E	M	K
spinulosa var. neoanglica	C	C	D	E	B	E	B	K
vericillata	C	C	D	D	B	E	M	I
brownii	B	B	A	D	I	A	G	B
occidentalis	B	C	D	D	E	E	B	K
littoralis	B	C	A	D	E	E	B	K

^a The original data set was reduced to correspond to the taxa used by Mast and Givnish (2002). These authors studied fewer taxa than were included in our experiments.