About the Authors

Sarah Higginbotham

higginbothams@si.edu

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama

Weng Ruh Wong

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Roger G. Linington

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Carmenza Spadafora

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología, Panama, Republic of Panama

Liliana Iturrado

Affiliation Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, Republic of Panama

A. Elizabeth Arnold

Affiliation School of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH AEA CS WRW RL. Performed the experiments: SH AEA CS WRW RL LI. Analyzed the data: SH AEA WRW RL LI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH AEA WRW RL CS LI. Wrote the paper: SH AEA CS WRW RL.