COMPETING INTEREST STATEMENT
The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in
the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation
of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish
the results.
All samples come from one single site located in the Eastern Andean
range of Colombia (4° 33’ N, 74° 00’ W), and were collected between
October 2013 and March 2015. For the collection of traits, we collected
mostly leaves, sometimes branches and few fruits per individual to
measure their seeds, all collection were limited and should not affect
the population at the site.
Samples were collected under the collection permit “Master Permit for
the Collection of Wild Species Specimens from the Biological Diversity
for Non-commercial Scientific Research Purposes” (in its original
language “Permiso Marco de Recolección de Especímenes de Especies
Silvestres de la Diversidad Biológica con fines de Investigación
Científica No Comercial”) granted by the National Environmental
Licensing Authority through resolution No. 1177 of October 9, 2014 to
the University of the Andes and to researcher E. Lasso under the
research project “Impact of climate change on plant biodiversity in
Paramo, and on the ecosystem service it provides us as a carbon sink”
(permit number: IBD0359). Voucher specimens are accessible in University
of los Andes herbarium (ANDES).