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2. Myrmecodia beccarii - Wikipedia

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   Myrmecodia beccarii, ant-house plant, is an epiphytic plant on Melaleuca trees and others with spongy bark in the wetlands and mangroves of tropical north Queensland, Australia from Cooktown to Mission Beach. The prickly, swollen caudex develops natural hollows which are colonised by the golden ant (Philidris cordatus) in a symbiotic ...

3. Myrmecophyte - Wikipedia

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   Myrmecotrophy, meaning "ant-fed," is the ability of plants to absorb nutrients from debris piles left by ant nests or, in the case of Nepenthes bicalcarata, from ant egesta. [13] The tropical tree Cecropia peltata obtains 98% of its nitrogen from the waste deposited by its ant counterparts.

4. Hydnophytum ferrugineum - Wikipedia

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   H.ferrugineum is a subshrub in the genus Hydnophytum, one of two genera of "ant plants" or "ant house plants". It is a member of the family Rubiaceae of angiosperms. H.ferrugineum can grow to be 30 cm (12 in) in diameter and 60 cm (24 in) in height. It has mesomorphic palmately veined glossy leaves arranged oppositely on the stem.

5. Hydnophytum - Wikipedia

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   Hydnophytum is a genus of epiphytic myrmecophytes (ant plants) native to Southeast Asia, the Pacific region and also extending into Queensland in northern Australia. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek hydnon "tuber", and phyton "plant", after their appearance with their swollen succulent stems. The species grow in tree branches and on ...

6. Myrmecodia tuberosa - Wikipedia

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   Myrmecodia tuberosa, the ant plant, is a species of epiphytic plant in the family Rubiaceae. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The species has a symbiotic relationship with some ant species where ants use the hollow body of the plant as shelter, defend the plant from other insects, and provide nutrients to the plant through their waste.

7. Myrmecodia - Wikipedia

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   Myrmecodia is a genus of epiphytic plants, present in Indochina, Malesia, Papuasia, and Queensland, Australia. It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmephytum, and Squamellaria. [2] Myrmecophytes, or ant plants, live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. These ...