About the Authors

Renu Pandey

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India

Brijesh Kumar

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

ranats@nbri.res.in, ranatikam@gmail.com (TSR); brijesh_kumar@cdri.res.in, gbrikum@yahoo.com (BK)

Affiliations Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India

Baleshwar Meena

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Mukesh Srivastava

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India, Biometry and Statistics Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Tripti Mishra

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Vandana Tiwari

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Mahesh Pal

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Narayanan K. Nair

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Dalip K. Upreti

Roles Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Tikam Singh Rana

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ranats@nbri.res.in, ranatikam@gmail.com (TSR); brijesh_kumar@cdri.res.in, gbrikum@yahoo.com (BK)

Affiliation Plant Diversity, Systematics & Herbarium Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.