About the Authors

M. K. Meegahakumbura

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 10049, China, Coconut Research Institute, Lunuwila, Sri Lanka

M. C. Wambulwa

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 10049, China, World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

K. K. Thapa

Affiliation Department of Botany, Dinhata College, Dinhata– 736135, West Bengal, India

M. M. Li

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 10049, China

M. Möller

Affiliation Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, United Kingdom

J. C. Xu

Affiliation Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies and World Agroforestry Centre East and Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China

J. B. Yang

Affiliation Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China

B. Y. Liu

Affiliation Tea Research Institute of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Menghai 666201, China

S. Ranjitkar

Affiliation Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies and World Agroforestry Centre East and Central Asia Regional Office, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China

J. Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China

D. Z. Li

gaolm@mail.kib.ac.cn (LMG); dzl@mail.kib.ac.cn (DZL)

Affiliations Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in Southwest China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 10049, China

L. M. Gao

gaolm@mail.kib.ac.cn (LMG); dzl@mail.kib.ac.cn (DZL)

Affiliation Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMG DZL. Performed the experiments: MKM MCW MML. Analyzed the data: MKM MCW MML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LMG DZL KKT JBY JCX BYL SR JL. Wrote the paper: MKM LMG MM.