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Elaiosomes (Ancient Gr****: ἔλαιον élaion "oil" + σόμα sóma "body") are
fleshy structures that are
attached to the
seeds of many
plant species. The elaiosome...
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worldwide distribution. Most
myrmecochorous plants produce seeds with
elaiosomes, a term encomp****ing
various external appendages or "food bodies" rich...
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flowering plants, the
diaspore is a seed and
fruit together, or a seed and
elaiosome. In a few plants, the
diaspore is most or all of the plant, and is known...
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flowers may be mauve, purple, red, or white. The
seeds contain an
elaiosome that
attracts ants,
which transport the
seeds into
their ant colony. This...
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morphologically in the
presence of more pulp, an aril, and
sometimes an
elaiosome (primarily for ants),
which are
other fleshy structures.
Epizoochory occurs...
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different quantity of seeds. The
seeds are
black grains with one
white elaiosome of
variable size. The
seeds are dis****d
through myrmecochory; that is...
- In myrmecochory,
seeds such as
those of
Chelidonium majus have a hard
coating and an
attached oil body, an
elaiosome, for
dispersal by ants....
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biting off the seed with its
elaiosome and then
carrying the seed away for
about 100 m.
There they chew off the
elaiosome and
abandon the seed
which is...
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which have
appendages called elaiosomes (e.g. bloodroot, trilliums, acacias, and many
species of Proteaceae).
Elaiosomes are soft,
fleshy structures that...
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species such as
Diapheromera femorata have
fleshy projections resembling elaiosomes (fleshy
structures sometimes attached to seeds) that
attract ants. When...
