About the Authors

Rubén G. Mateo

rubeng.mateo@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Botany, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Alain Vanderpoorten

Affiliations Institute of Botany, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Azorean Biodiversity Group (CITA-A) and Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research and Sustainability (PEERS), Universidade dos Açores, Department Ciências Agrárias, Terceira, Açores, Portugal

Jesús Muñoz

Affiliations Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC), Madrid, Spain, Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ambato, Ecuador

Benjamin Laenen

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin Laenen, Aurélie Désamoré

Affiliation Institute of Botany, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Aurélie Désamoré

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin Laenen, Aurélie Désamoré

Affiliation Institute of Botany, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RGM AV BL AD JM. Performed the experiments: BL AD RGM JM AV. Conceived the project: BL AV. Analyzed the data: RGM JM BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RGM JM BL. Wrote the paper: AV RGM AD BL JM.