-
significant ant–plant
interaction with
worldwide distribution. Most
myrmecochorous plants produce seeds with elaiosomes, a term encomp****ing
various external...
-
which it has evolved,
because myrmecochorous lineages contain more than
twice as many
species as
their non-
myrmecochorous sister groups.
Dispersal of seeds...
- an Ant-Plant Mutalism: The
Argentine Ant (Iridomyrmex Humilis) and
Myrmecochorous Proteaceae". Ecology. 65 (4): 1031–1037. doi:10.2307/1938311. ISSN 0012-9658...
- very rare. Some ****coceae
having seeds with
elaiosomes are
probably myrmecochorous (e.g. ****coce hepperiana).
Epizoochorous taxa are
limited to herbaceous...
- an ant-plant mutualism: The
Argentine ant,
Iridomyrmex humilis and
myrmecochorous Proteaceae". Ecology. 65 (4): 1031–1037. Bibcode:1984Ecol...65.1031B...
-
symmetry and has leaf
veins unlike those of Trillium.
Trilliums are
myrmecochorous, that is, ants act as
agents of seed dispersal. Each seed of a ripe...
- that is held off the
ground by the
flower stalk. E.
americanum is a
myrmecochorous plant,
meaning that ants help dis**** the
seeds and
reduce seed predation...
- a
source of
conservation concern. In general,
Trillium species are
myrmecochorous, that is, ants
facilitate seed dispersal.
Trillium seeds have a white...
- Casenave, J. (n.d).
Unexpected relationships and
valuable mistakes: non-
myrmecochorous Prosopis dis****d by
messy leafcutting ants in
harvesting their seeds...
- PMID 32846740. Pfeiffer, Martin; Huttenlocher, Heiko; Ay****e,
Manfred (2010). "
Myrmecochorous plants use
chemical mimicry to
cheat seed-dispersing ants". Functional...
