About the Authors

Laura A. Schreeg

schreeg@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama

W. John Kress

Affiliation Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., United States of America

David L. Erickson

Affiliation Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Nathan G. Swenson

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAS NGS. Performed the experiments: LAS NGS. Analyzed the data: LAS NGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WJK DLE. Wrote the paper: LAS WJK DLE NGS.