About the Authors

Chodon Sass

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Damon P. Little

Affiliation Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Dennis Wm. Stevenson

Affiliation Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Chelsea D. Specht

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: cdspecht@nature.berkeley.edu

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CDS CS DS. Performed the experiments: CS. Analyzed the data: CDS CS DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDS DL. Wrote the paper: CDS CS DL.