| We are grateful for the generous support provided by the JSPS, MOE, and PMBC. We express our thanks to Somchai Bussarawit, Head of the Reference Collection Unit, PMBC; to the staff of the PMBC for their special support and cooperation; to Surapong Banchongmanee (PMBC) and Tetsuya Sado and Yusuke Murata (Mie University) for help with field collections; and to Paul Dunlap (University of Michigan) for help with English. Copyrights to the photographs are held by the photographers.
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