The utility of DNA barcodes to confirm the identification of palm collections in botanical gardens

• Duc-Thanh Le,

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

  Affiliations Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Yu-Qu Zhang,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Yong Xu,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Li-Xiu Guo,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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• Zhi-Ping Ruan,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Xiamen Botanical Garden, Xiamen, China

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• Kevin S. Burgess,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Columbus State University, University System of Georgia, Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

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• Xue-Jun Ge

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xjge@scbg.ac.cn

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5008-9475

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