About the Authors
- Ke Xia
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Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Matthew I. Daws
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Affiliations Alcoa of Australia Ltd, Pinjarra, Western Australia, Australia, Seed Conservation Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
- Wolfgang Stuppy
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Affiliation Seed Conservation Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
- Zhe-Kun Zhou
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* E-mail: zhouzk@mail.kib.ac.cn (Z-KZ); h.pritchard@kew.org (HWP)
Affiliations Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla, Yunnan, China
- Hugh W. Pritchard
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* E-mail: zhouzk@mail.kib.ac.cn (Z-KZ); h.pritchard@kew.org (HWP)
Affiliations Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China, Seed Conservation Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Matthew I Daws is a paid employee of Alcoa of Australia Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KX MID WS HWP. Performed the experiments: KX WS. Analyzed the data: KX MID. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HWP Z-KZ KX. Wrote the paper: KX MID WS HWP Z-KZ.