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Myrmecophytes (/mərˈmɛkəfaɪt/;
literally "ant-plant") are
plants that live in a
mutualistic ****ociation with a
colony of ants.
There are over 100 different...
- 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...
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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...
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utilise rhizobia (nitrogen
fixing bacteria) in
their root nodules.
Myrmecophytes,
including Myrmecodia spp. and
Hydnophytum spp., are tree
species that...
- food, but many
herbivores avoid these plants; most
Cecropia spp. are
myrmecophytes,
housing doli****rine ants of the
genus Azteca,
which vigorously defend...
- own herbicide, they kill off all the
plants in an area
except for the
myrmecophytes, or ant-plants, in
which they reside. M.
schumanni live in
large clearings...
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Urtica (80 species), and
Cecropia (75 species).
Cecropia contains many
myrmecophytes.
Urticaceae species can be
found worldwide,
apart from the
polar regions...
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species is
endemic to
Brazil and Peru. Wheeler, W. M.; Bequaert, J. C. 1929.
Amazonian myrmecophytes and
their ants. Zool. Anz. 82: 10-39 v t e...
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southeastern Nigeria. It is
divided into four sub-species, of
which three are
myrmecophytes.
Leonardoxa africana subsp.
africana Leonardoxa africana subsp. gracilicaulis...
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insects thrown out by the ants are
absorbed by the
lenticular warts in
myrmecophytes like
Hydnophytum and Myrmecodia.
Myrmecodia uses its
lenticular warts...
