Myrmecophytes
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.
Also Known As:
Ant Plant; Ant-Plant; Ant-Plant, Myrmecophytic; Ant-Plants, Myrmecophytic; Myrmecophyte; Myrmecophytic Ant Plants; Myrmecophytic Ant-Plant; Myrmecophytic Plant; Plant, Ant; Plant, Myrmecophytic; Ant Plants; Ant-Plants; Myrmecophytic Ant-Plants; Myrmecophytic Plants
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