About the Authors

Carlos García-Robledo

garciac@si.edu

Affiliations Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

David L. Erickson

Affiliation Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Charles L. Staines

Affiliation Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Terry L. Erwin

Affiliation Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

W. John Kress

Affiliation Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG WJK DLE CLS TLE. Performed the experiments: CG DLE CLS. Analyzed the data: CG DLE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WJK. Wrote the paper: CG WJK DLE CLS TLE.