About the Authors

Guilhem Mansion

g.mansion@bgbm.org

Affiliation Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Gerald Parolly

Affiliation Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Andrew A. Crowl

Affiliations Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Evgeny Mavrodiev

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Nico Cellinese

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Marine Oganesian

Affiliation Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences, Erevan, Armenia

Katharina Fraunhofer

Affiliation Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Georgia Kamari

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Dimitrios Phitos

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Rosemarie Haberle

Affiliation Biology Department, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington, United States of America

Galip Akaydin

Affiliation Department of Biology Education, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Nursel Ikinci

Affiliation Department of Biology, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey

Thomas Raus

Affiliation Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Borsch

Affiliation Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: GM TB. Study design: GM TB. Taxon sampling: GA GK GM GP MO NI TR. Data generation: GM KF RH AC EM NC. Data analyses: GM AC. Edited the manuscript, figures, and tables: GM TB AC DP EM GA GK GP KF MO NC NI RH TR.