About the Authors

Xiao-cui Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-cui Huang, Xiu-qin Ci

Affiliations Laboratory of Plant Phylogenetics and Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Xiu-qin Ci

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-cui Huang, Xiu-qin Ci

Affiliations Laboratory of Plant Phylogenetics and Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

John G. Conran

Affiliation Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity & Sprigg Geobiology Centre, School of Biological Sciences, Benham Bldg DX, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia

Jie Li

jieli@xtbg.ac.cn

Affiliations Laboratory of Plant Phylogenetics and Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Plant Resources and Sustainable Use, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XQC JL. Performed the experiments: XCH XQC. Analyzed the data: XCH XQC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XCH XQC JL. Wrote the paper: XCH XQC JGC JL.