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单词 Ant plant
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Ant plant

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Myrmecophyte

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Acacia ants
Tuber on Myrmecodia tuberosa.
Enlarged thorns and beltian bodies on Acacia.
Extrafloral nectaries on the petiole of a Prunus avium leaf.

Myrmecophyte (mər′mek•ə‚fīt; literally "ant-plant") is a plant that lives in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different genera of myrmecophytes. These plants possess structural adaptations that provide ants with food and/or shelter. These specialized structures include domatia, food bodies, and extrafloral nectaries. In exchange for food and shelter, ants aid the myrmecophyte in pollination, seed dispersal, gathering of essential nutrients, and/or defense. Specifically, domatia adapted to ants may be called myrmecodomatia.

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