| Group | Method | Number of taxa in supertree | Number of source trees | Average number of source trees per taxa | Number of taxa in the largest scaffold* tree | Reference |
| Primates | Hierarchical MRP | 203 | 112 (publications) | 0.55 | not given | Purvis 1995 |
| Carnivora (carnivores) | Hierarchical MRP | 271 | 177 (publications) | 0.65 | not given | Bininda-Emonds et al. 1999 |
| Hologalegina (legumes) | MRP (with topological constraints) | 527 | 22 | 0.04 | 140 (26.5%) | Wojciechowski et al. 2000 |
| Pinus (pines) | MRP | 99 | 14 | 0.14 | not given | Schwilk and Ackerly 2001 |
| Bacteria | wMRP | 37 | 130-196 | 3.51 - 5.30 | 37 (100%) | Daubin et al. 2001 |
| Mammalia (mammals) | MRP(weighting large:small source trees 4:1) | 90 | 430 | 4.78 | 37 (41.1%) | Liu et al. 2001 |
| Dinosauria (dinosaurs) | MRP | 277 | 126 | 0.45 | >40 (14.4%) | Pisani et al. 2002 |
| Procellariiformes (seabirds) | MRP | 122 | 7 | 0.06 | 90 (73.7%) | Kennedy and Page 2002 |
| Chiroptera (bats) | Hierarchical MRP | 916 | 105 | 0.11 | not given | Jones et al. 2002 |
| Poaceae (grasses) | 1) wMRP(normal, purvis, and irreversible) 2) wMRP (c.a. source trees) | 1) 403 2) 61 | 1) 55 2) 8 | 1) 0.13 2) 0.13 | 1. not given 2. 61 (100%) | Salamin et al. 2002 |
| Metazoa (animals) | MRP | 102 | 156 | 1.53 | not given | Zrzavy and Rican 2003 |
| Lagomorpha (rabbits and pikas) | MRP(weighting robust:nonrobust source trees, 2.81:1) | 80 | 146 | 1.83 | not given | Stoner et al. 2003 |
| Lipotyphla (insectivores) | (w)MRP(some source trees were mrp supertrees) | 181 | 47 original (7 final) | 0.26 (0.04) | scaffold is itself a supertree of 6 taxa | Grenyer and Purvis 2003 |
| Angiosperms (flowering plants) | wMRP | 379 | 46 | 0.12 | 323 (85.2%) and 224 (59.1%) (both definitely scaffolds) | Davies et al. 2004 |
| Marsupialia (Marsupials) | MRP(source trees with identical taxon sets were combined using supertree methods) | 267 | 158 | 0.59 | not given | Cardillo et al. 2004 |
| Cetartiodactyla (whales, dolphins, and even-toed hoofed mammals) | MRP | 290 | 201 | 0.69 | 290 (100%) (taxonomy) | Price et al. 2005 |
| Aves:Passeri (oscine passerine birds) | "constructed manually with out the aid of matrices or computers" | 1723 | 99 | 0.06 | not given | Jonsson and Fjeldsa 2006 |
| tree of life? | wMRP | 168, 126, and 140 | 5741, 2807, and 2504 | 34.17, 22.28, 17.89 | not given | Pisani et al. 2007 |
| Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks) | MRP(non-weighted, weighted, purvis, and irreversible) | 8 | 5 | 0.63 | 8 (100%) | Cavalcanti 2007 |
| Mammalia (mammals) | Hierarchical MRP (combined many previously published supertrees and some of their own.) | 4510 | >2500 original 31 supertrees | 0.55 | not given | Bininda-Emonds et al. 2007 |