Definition of Myrmecophyte. Meaning of Myrmecophyte. Synonyms of Myrmecophyte

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Definition of Myrmecophyte

Myrmecophyte
Myrmecophyte Myr"me*co*phyte`, n. [Gr. my`rmhx, my`rmhkos, ant + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) A plant that affords shelter and food to certain species of ants which live in symbiotic relations with it. Special adaptations for this purpose exist; thus, Acacia spadicigera has large hollows thorns, and species of Cecropia have stem cavities. -- Myr`me*co*phyt"ic, a.

Meaning of Myrmecophyte from wikipedia

- Myrmecophytes (/mərˈmɛkəfaɪt/; literally "ant-plant") are plants that live in a mutualistic ****ociation with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different...
- the African ****gany, afzelia, lenke, lengue, apa, or doussi, is a Myrmecophyte tree species in the family Fabaceae. It occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso...
- plants and trees, such as thorns or branches; these hosts are known as myrmecophytes. Tetraponera species are closely related to the New World genus of ants...
- gut; others have hooks that enable them to attach to a mammal's fur. Myrmecophytes are plants that have coevolved with ants. The plant provides a home...
- Southeast Asia and is considered critically endangered in Singapore. It is a myrmecophyte as ants live in its tuber, also known as a caudex, and pollinate its...
- mutualistic relationship with stingless shelter ants, which makes it a myrmecophyte. The ant species ****ociated with L. sinuosa belong within the genera...
- Duroia hirsuta is a myrmecophyte tree species from the Amazon Forest. It is one of some 37 species of Duroia, which are shrubs or canopy trees in the family...
- M. (May 2006). "Co-existence of ants and an arboreal earthworm in a myrmecophyte of the Indian Western Ghats: anti-predation effect of the earthworm mucus"...
- to six inches (15 cm) thick that act shelter for ants, making this a myrmecophyte as well as a succulent similar to others in this genus. "Lecanopteris...
- species of epiphytic fern, native to tropical South America. It is a myrmecophyte, producing domatia in its rhizome which ants live. "Microgramma megalophylla...