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Myrmecophyte

Myrmecophytes (/mərˈmɛkəfaɪts/; literally "ant-plants") are plants that live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different genera of myrmecophytes. These plants possess structural adaptations in the form of domatia where ants can shelter, and food bodies and extrafloral nectaries that provide ants with food. In exchange…

Structural adaptations, Ant-plant interactions & Mutualism

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Structural adaptations

AcaciaHypocotylsRubiaceaeMyrmecodiaEpidermal
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Ant-plant interactions

Cross-pollinationLeporella fimbriataMyrmecia urensMyrmecochoryElaiosome
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Mutualism

MacarangaCrematogasterCo-evolution
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Overview

MutualisticDomatia
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Mutualism

Structural adaptations

Ant-plant interactions

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Myrmecophyte

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples40
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
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Myrmecophyte

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related to Domatia · 12
Myrmecophyte → Acacia, Different Acacia, Domatia, Many, Myrmecodia, One, Plants, Rubiaceae, Since, The, These, Tubers
related to Ants as defense · 9
Myrmecophyte → Acacia, Any, Domatia, Many, Pseudomyrmex, Since, The, These, Vachellia
related to Ants feeding plants · 9
Myrmecophyte → Cecropia, Chanam, Domatia-bearing, Humboldtia, Myrmecotrophy, Nepenthes, Nutritional, Plant, The
related to Extrafloral nectaries · 6
Myrmecophyte → Acacia, Catalpa, Extrafloral, The, These, They
related to Mutualism · 2
Myrmecophyte → Myrmecophytes, This

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ants plants domatia plant found ant acacia bodies food species extrafloral nectaries obligate structures myrmecophytes seed genus facultative also different

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Acacia collinsiiinstance ofin some obligate myrmecophyte plants0.80text
extrafloral nectar is modified to be attractive only to the ant partners in the symbiosisinstance ofin some obligate myrmecophyte plants0.80text
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseSince0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseMany0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseAcacia0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defensePseudomyrmex0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseThe0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseAny0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseThese0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseDomatia0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants as defenseVachellia0.60section
Myrmecophyterelated to Ants feeding plantsMyrmecotrophy0.60section

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