About the Authors
- Letícia Loss de Oliveira
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Luana Silva Braucks Calazans
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Affiliation Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Érica Barroso de Morais
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Affiliation Departamento de Botânica, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Simon Joseph Mayo
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Affiliation Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Carlos Guerra Schrago
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Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Cassia Mônica Sakuragui
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* E-mail: cmsakura12@gmail.com
Affiliation Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LLO CGS CMS. Performed the experiments: LLO LSBC EBM. Analyzed the data: LLO LSBC CGS CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGS CMS. Wrote the paper: LLO. Performed the taxon collection: LLO LSBC EBM. Generated and error-checked the DNA sequences: LLO EBM. Analyzed the morphological characters and generated the morphological matrix: LSBC. Submitted the sequences to GenBank: LLO. Performed the phylogenetic and ancestral character reconstruction analyzes: LLO. Analyzed phylogenetic and ancestral character reconstruction data: LLO LSBC CGS CMS. Commented on the manuscript: LLO LSBC EBM SJM CGS CMS.