Concept information
Preferred term
Myrmecophytes
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Ant Plant
- Ant-Plant
- Ant-Plant, Myrmecophytic
- Ant Plants
- Ant-Plants
- Ant-Plants, Myrmecophytic
- Myrmecophytic Ant-Plant
- Myrmecophytic Ant Plants
- Myrmecophytic Ant-Plants
- Myrmecophytic Plant
- Myrmecophytic Plants
- Plant, Ant
- Plant, Myrmecophytic
Scope note
- Plants that host ANTS by providing shelter in specialized nesting structures or domatia (e.g., Beltian or Mullerian bodies) and sometimes provide food (e.g., food and pearl bodies; and EXTRAFLORAL NECTARS). Ant colony in turn provides the host plant with defense against encroaching foliage, nutrients via waste by-product and help with SEED DISPERSAL.
History note
- 2024
In other languages
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Finnish
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myrmekofyytti
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000097543
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