About the Authors

Sittiporn Parnmen

Affiliations Department of Biology, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand, Department of Biology, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand, Botany Department, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Achariya Rangsiruji

Affiliation Department of Biology, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand

Pachara Mongkolsuk

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand

Kansri Boonpragob

Affiliation Department of Biology, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand

Aparna Nutakki

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

H. Thorsten Lumbsch

tlumbsch@fieldmuseum.org

Affiliation Botany Department, The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR KB PM HTL. Performed the experiments: SP AN. Analyzed the data: SP HTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR KB HTL SP. Wrote the paper: SP HTL.