About the Authors

Yi-Qing Gong

Affiliations Plant Science Institute, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China, Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Qing-Qing Zhan

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

Khang Sinh Nguyen

Affiliation Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Hiep Tien Nguyen

Affiliation Center for Plant Conservation, Cau Giay District, Ha Noi, Vietnam

Yue-Hua Wang

wangyh58212@126.com (YHW); gongxun@mail.kib.ac.cn (XG)

Affiliation Plant Science Institute, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Xun Gong

wangyh58212@126.com (YHW); gongxun@mail.kib.ac.cn (XG)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XG YQG YHW. Performed the experiments: YQG QQZ. Analyzed the data: YQG KSN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XG YQG KSN QQZ HTN YHW. Wrote the paper: XG YQG KSN HTN YHW. Asked permission for sampling in Vietnam: HTN. Asked permission for sampling in China: XG.