About the Authors

Martin Cheek

m.cheek@kew.org (MC); rgriina@gmail.com (RR)

Affiliation Science Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, United Kingdom

Gill Challen

Affiliation Science Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, United Kingdom

Aiah Lebbie

Affiliation National Herbarium of Sierra Leone, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Njala University, PMB, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Hannah Banks

Affiliation Science Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, United Kingdom

Patricia Barberá

Affiliation Department of Biodiversity and Conservation, Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo, Madrid, Spain

Ricarda Riina

m.cheek@kew.org (MC); rgriina@gmail.com (RR)

Affiliation Department of Biodiversity and Conservation, Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC RR AL. Performed the experiments: HB RR AL MC GC PB. Analyzed the data: MC RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB HB GC. Wrote the paper: MC RR AL.