About the Authors

Jingyuan Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Jingyuan Song, Linchun Shi

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Linchun Shi

Contributed equally to this work with: Jingyuan Song, Linchun Shi

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Dezhu Li

Affiliation Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Yongzhen Sun

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Yunyun Niu

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Zhiduan Chen

Affiliation Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Hongmei Luo

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Xiaohui Pang

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Zhiying Sun

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Chang Liu

slchen@implad.ac.cn (SC); cliu6688@yahoo.com (CL)

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Aiping Lv

Affiliation China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Youping Deng

Affiliation Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Zachary Larson-Rabin

Affiliation Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China

Mike Wilkinson

Affiliation Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia

Shilin Chen

slchen@implad.ac.cn (SC); cliu6688@yahoo.com (CL)

Affiliation Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: LCS YZS YYN HML XHP. Wrote the paper: JYS SLC MW ZLR. Designed the experiments and conceived the project: SLC JYS MW CL. Provided genetic and evolution consultation: DZL ZDC MW. Performed data analyses: LCS CL ZYS APL YPD.