Appendix 2. Number of sites retained and mean sequencing depth for all samples included in the analyzes. Species N_SITES MEAN_DEPTH dataset Voucher Calamus australis 23910 30.4937 AZ MBC20080439 Calamus concinnus 23931 230.361 AZ JBWatson604 Eremospatha barendii 23949 66.9543 AZ TC409 Eremospatha cabrae 23629 13.3674 AZ Couvreur T.L.P. 1165 Eremospatha cabrae 23945 20.4203 AZ DavidJHarris4966 Eremospatha cabrae 23948 198.277 AZ AF34 Eremospatha cuspidata 23949 221.815 AZ VanValkenburg2632 Eremospatha cuspidata 23949 234.698 AZ AF27 Eremospatha dransfieldii 23949 241.352 AZ JMoriba9 Eremospatha laurentii 23936 21.4403 AZ Stauffer859 Eremospatha laurentii 23937 31.0087 Ben Cultivated_at_Kew_1984-1058 Eremospatha macrocarpa 23949 23.1694 AZ Stauffer861 Eremospatha macrocarpa 23866 25.8804 Ben TC423 Eremospatha macrocarpa 23945 28.6709 AZ Sunderland_TCH_1800 Eremospatha quiquecostulata 23945 50.6598 SRA Couvreur 1079 isolate R162 Eremospatha tessmanniana 23949 161.754 AZ AF31 Eremospatha wendlandiana 23936 35.6965 Ben AF58 Eremospatha wendlandiana 23949 98.1634 AZ Dransfield_J_7004 Laccosperma acutiflorum 23949 228.854 AZ Stauffer858 Laccosperma cristalensis 23945 67.7487 AZ Couvreur T.L.P. 1142 Laccosperma korupense 23949 31.4109 AZ TC435 Laccosperma korupense 23949 140.292 AZ TC394 Laccosperma korupense 23949 239.209 AZ AF57 Laccosperma laeve 23948 192.727 AZ VanValkenburg2629 Laccosperma opacum 23918 25.2129 Ben Sunderland_TCH_1750 Laccosperma robustum 23938 34.4827 Ben TC368 Laccosperma robustum 23949 60.0075 AZ TC375 Laccosperma robustum 23949 119.939 AZ Dransfield_J_7006 Laccosperma secundiflorum 23940 52.5084 AZ Stauffer853 Lepidocaryum tenue 23706 23.1242 S14 LAN_2 Lepidocaryum tenue 23949 190.351 AZ LAN_1 Lepidocaryum tenue 23948 198.631 AZ Dransfield_J_7012 Mauritia carana 23870 21.8751 Ben pop_Itacarambi Mauritia flexuosa 23902 22.0644 RC RT_CDB_3 Mauritia flexuosa 23949 27.3728 RC Ely_CF_17 Mauritia flexuosa 23929 27.8233 Ben pop_DIAMT_16 Mauritia flexuosa 23944 42.9361 RC pop_ITAAM_5 Mauritia flexuosa 23944 44.653 RC pop_PRFAM_7 Mauritia flexuosa 23949 146.075 AZ pop_COMMT_375 Mauritiella aculeata 23396 10.3899 APP 1493_Jardim Botanico Plantarum Lorenzi; Brasil; Barcelos Mauritiella armata 23949 92.9418 SRA RB4396 Mauritiella armata 23949 136.79 AZ LAN_1_armata Mauritiella armata 23949 175.09 AZ Couvreur 257 isolate R135 Mauritiella disticha 23923 25.15 APP Prata_1064 Mauritiella disticha 23944 25.6187 APP Prata_1086 Mauritiella disticha 23927 29.1295 APP Prata_1085 Mauritiella disticha 23942 50.6063 APP Prata_1056 Mauritiella macroclada 23949 108.391 AZ JCP_1489 Oncocalamus macrospathus 23949 220.063 AZ vanValkenburg2628 Oncocalamus mannii 22616 15.728 Ben Sunderland_TCH_1768 Oncocalamus tuleyi 23938 31.8624 Ben TCH1705 Oncocalamus tuleyi 23940 50.9919 Ben TCH1756 Oncocalamus tuleyi 23949 178.141 AZ Dransfield_J_7007_MSL42 Oncocalamus tuleyi 23949 230.873 AZ Dransfield_J_7007_BKL016 Raphia africana 23904 16.6269 SRA No voucher close to Couvreur 971 isolate R077 Raphia africana 23949 82.0742 SRA Couvreur 971 isolate R072 Raphia australis 23948 25.8789 AZ 99874 Raphia farinifera 23948 107.221 SRA Dransfield7516 Raphia farinifera 23949 161.959 AZ Baker s.n. (K bank id 14927) isolate R127 Raphia farinifera 23949 165.543 SRA Faye 36 isolate R028 Raphia gabonica 23828 11.2599 SRA Kamga Mogue 22 isolate R034 Raphia gabonica 23934 14.7799 SRA Kamga Mogue 23 isolate R036 Raphia gentiliana 23949 210.609 AZ Stauffer860 Raphia gentiliana 23949 220.312 AZ OD18 Raphia hookeri 23839 10.4962 SRA OD006 Raphia hookeri 23850 10.9949 SRA Michon 01 isolate R089 Raphia hookeri 23866 15.8352 SRA Couvreur 984 isolate R124 Raphia hookeri 23912 16.8712 SRA Kamga Mogue 26 isolate R071 Raphia hookeri 23949 28.1629 AZ Kamga Mogue 1 isolate R063 Raphia hookeri 23949 53.4178 SRA Kamga Mogue 12 isolate R069 Raphia hookeri 23949 77.9629 AZ MFay4272 Raphia hookeri 23949 205.019 AZ MFay4125 Raphia laurentii 23947 14.4045 SRA Ayole 01 isolate R040 Raphia laurentii 23949 49.1036 SRA Lautenschlager 806 isolate R208 Raphia laurentii 23949 67.8414 SRA Kamga Mogue 39 isolate R186 Raphia mambilensis 23949 219.555 AZ Lautenschlager 1095 (JACQ) isolate R206 Raphia matombe 23949 46.1269 SRA 19392103 (BR) isolate R134 Raphia matombe 23949 51.2142 SRA Kamga Mogue 38 isolate R183 Raphia matombe 23949 52.1635 SRA Kamga Mogue 13 isolate R070 Raphia monbuttorum 23905 18.7511 SRA Kamga Mogue 31 isolate R173 Raphia monbuttorum 23949 59.8354 SRA Kandem 211 isolate R059 Raphia monbuttorum 23949 68.9663 SRA Kamga Mogue 04 isolate R066 Raphia monbuttorum 23949 149.475 SRA Stauffer F. 895 Raphia palma-pinus 23949 42.9342 AZ Stauffer F. 857 Raphia palma-pinus 23949 49.3704 AZ OD14 Raphia palma-pinus 23949 200.078 SRA Ouatara & Stauffer 14 isolate R133 Raphia palma-pinus 23949 215.163 AZ MCheeck10310 Raphia regalis 23692 7.64469 SRA 20040952 Raphia regalis 23742 8.60349 SRA NKA185 (Kamdem 185) Raphia regalis 23739 10.1387 SRA Wieringa 8539 isolate R081 Raphia regalis 23859 12.0288 SRA Couvreur 685 isolate R055 Raphia regalis 23853 15.1218 AZ Couvreur 398 isolate R058 Raphia regalis 23877 21.8527 SRA Wieringa 8547 isolate R083 Raphia regalis 23949 29.1548 AZ Couvreur 753 isolate R056 Raphia regalis 23949 217.118 AZ Mogue S.K. 43 Raphia rostrata 23949 221.883 AZ Robyns4039 Raphia ruwenzorica 23949 238.038 AZ Kamga Mogue 36 isolate R179 Raphia sese 23949 48.8072 SRA Kamga Mogue 41 isolate R195 Raphia sese 23949 67.9592 SRA Stauffer F. 900 Raphia sudanica 23943 18.8006 SRA OD22 Raphia sudanica 23938 19.7557 SRA DGiau38 Raphia sudanica 23949 132.999 AZ Michon 56 isolate R088 Raphia sudanica 23949 179.161 SRA Michon 09 isolate R086 Raphia sudanica 23949 219.074 AZ Bayton 70 isolatio R129 Raphia sudanica 23949 222.749 AZ MBC 94803 A Raphia taedigera 23910 24.314 AC Bernal_R._etal_RB4922 Raphia taedigera 23949 193.721 AZ Couvreur T.L.P. 1073 Raphia textilis 23949 38.0084 SRA Lautenschlager 1086 isolate R209 Raphia textilis 23949 52.2128 SRA Kamga Mogue 40 isolate R192 Raphia textilis 23949 60.6132 SRA Couvreur 743 isolate R149 Raphia textilis 23949 64.884 AZ Couvreur 1075 isolate R151 Raphia textilis 23949 80.5315 SRA TC640 Raphia vinifera 23949 58.3391 SRA Couvreur 638 isolate R105 Raphia vinifera 23949 96.3132 SRA No voucher but close to Couvreur 638 (WAG) isolate R116 Raphia vinifera 23949 142.409 SRA No voucher but close to Couvreur 638 (WAG) isolate R113 Raphia zamiana 23846 11.091 SRA Kamga Mogue 45 isolate R230 Raphia zamiana 23876 11.9128 SRA Couvreur 427 isolate R057 Raphia zamiana 23894 23.2126 SRA Kamga Mogue 17 isolate R007 Raphia zamiana 23949 36.8523 SRA Kamga Mogue 17 isolate R009 Raphia zamiana 23948 130.926 SRA Couvreur 1122 isolate R154 Raphia zamiana 23949 155.878 SRA Ayole 20 isolate R093 Raphia zamiana 23949 221.348 SRA Ayole 32 isolate R095