About the Authors

Michael J. Balick

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

mbalick@nybg.org

Affiliation Center for Plants, People and Culture, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, United States of America

Dominik M. Ramík

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent scholar, Lowanatom, Tanna, Vanuatu

Nadine Ramík

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Independent scholar, Lowanatom, Tanna, Vanuatu

Iahwa Kausas Nemisa Kumas

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Ieni Kausas and Tupunus of Lamanamileg, Tanna, Vanuatu

Gregory M Plunkett

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Plants, People and Culture, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, United States of America

Neal Kelso

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Independent scholar, San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Presley Dovo

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Vanuatu Department of Forests, Port Vila, Vanuatu

K. David Harrison

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Plants, People and Culture, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, United States of America, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.