About the Authors

Hua-Feng Wang

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China, Beijing Urban Ecosystem Research Station, State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100085 Beijing, China

Sven Landrein

Affiliation Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AB, United Kingdom

Wen-Pan Dong

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China

Ze-Long Nie

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, Hunan 416000, China

Katsuhiko Kondo

Affiliation Laboratory of Plant Genetics and Breeding Science, Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1737 Funako, Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture 243–0034, Japan

Tsuneo Funamoto

Affiliation Biological Institute, Fundamental Education and Research Centre of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-chome, Higashi-Tamagawagakuen, Machida City, Tokyo 194–8543, Japan

Jun Wen

wenj@si.edu (JW); slzhou@ibcac.ac.cn (SLZ)

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013–7012, United States of America

Shi-Liang Zhou

wenj@si.edu (JW); slzhou@ibcac.ac.cn (SLZ)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLZ JW. Performed the experiments: HFW WPD. Analyzed the data: HFW ZLN JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLZ SL KK TF JW. Wrote the paper: HFW SL SLZ JW.