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Received: 24 November 2017

Accepted: 23 July 2018

First Online: 2 August 2018

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: Superscript removed Biology Department, National Museum of Natural Science, No 1, Kuan-Chien Rd., 40,453 Taichung, Taiwan, ROC, Superscript removed Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40,227, Taiwan, ROC, Superscript removed School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK, Superscript removed Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AB, UK, Superscript removed Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), 52,109 Kepong, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Superscript removed Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 386, NL-6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands, Superscript removed Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia (UPM) Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, Superscript removed Schoolof Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia, Superscript removed Endless Forms group, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Vondellaan 55, 2332 AALeiden, The Netherlands, Superscript removed Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Applied Sciences Leiden, Zernikedreef 11, 2333 CK Leiden, The Netherlands, Superscript removed Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands.

: All the Paphiopedilum species seedlings used in this study are artificially propagated that approved by the Council of Agriculture of Executive Yuan in Taiwan with the regulations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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