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Secrets within stems: The cryptic Apodanthes caseariae (Apodanthaceae), a rare neotropical holoendoparasite

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Holoendoparasites are extremely rare plants that live entirely hidden inside their hosts, with only flowers and fruits visible.
Jessica A. Ramírez‐Ramírez, Favio González, Estefanía Elejalde‐Baena, Juan F. Alzate, Natalia Pabón‐Mora   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Combined -omics framework reveals how ant symbionts benefit the Neotropical ant-plant Tococa quadrialata at different levels. [PDF]

iScience, 2022
Ant-plant defensive mutualism is a widely studied phenomenon, where ants protect their host plants (myrmecophytes) against herbivores in return for the provision of nesting sites and food.
Müller AT, Reichelt M, Cosio EG, Salinas N, Nina A, Wang D, Moossen H, Geilmann H, Gershenzon J, Köllner TG, Mithöfer A.   +10 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Caterpillars and fungal pathogens: two co-occurring parasites of an ant-plant mutualism. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2011
In mutualisms, each interacting species obtains resources from its partner that it would obtain less efficiently if alone, and so derives a net fitness benefit.
Roux O, Céréghino R, Solano PJ, Dejean A.   +3 more
europepmc   +7 more sources

Extrafloral-nectar-based partner manipulation in plant-ant relationships. [PDF]

AoB Plants, 2015
Plant–ant interactions are generally considered as mutualisms, with both parties gaining benefits from the association. It has recently emerged that some of these mutualistic associations have, however, evolved towards other forms of relationships and,
Grasso DA, Pandolfi C, Bazihizina N, Nocentini D, Nepi M, Mancuso S.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Fidelity and Promiscuity in an Ant-Plant Mutualism: A Case Study of Triplaris and Pseudomyrmex. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The association between the myrmecophyte Triplaris and ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex is an often-reported example of mutualism but no molecular studies have examined this association to date.
Adriana Sanchez
doaj   +2 more sources

Diversity and Distribution of Myrmecophytes in Bengkulu Province

Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education, 2017
Myrmecophyte is a common medicinal plant used by local people in Indonesia for treating various diseases especially in Papua. Bengkulu province is one of the Myrmecophyte habitats, but there has no report on its identity and distribution.
Safniyeti Safniyeti, Sulistijorini Sulistijorini, Tatik Chikmawati   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

How Do Scale Insects Settle into the Nests of Plant-Ants on Macaranga Myrmecophytes? Dispersal by Wind and Selection by Plant-Ants [PDF]

, 2014
This report elucidates the process of settlement by Coccus scale insects into Crematogaster plant-ant nests formed inside the hollow stems of a myrmecophytic species, Macaranga bancana, in a tropical rain forest.
Chihiro Handa
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Various chemical strategies to deceive ants in three Arhopala species (lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) exploiting Macaranga myrmecophytes. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2015
Inui Y, Shimizu-Kaya U, Okubo T, Yamsaki E, Itioka T.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi: A review. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2023
We review the mutualistic interactions between ants and fungi. Neotropical myrmicine Attina cultivate Basidiomycota for food, the same being true for certain “plant‐ants” associated with myrmecophytes that also feed on Ascomycota fungi. Otherwise, these Ascomycota have antibacterial properties.
Dejean A, Azémar F, Naskrecki P, Tindo M, Rossi V, Faucher C, Gryta H.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Lowering the density: ants associated with the myrmecophyte Tillandsia caput-medusae diminish the establishment of epiphytes. [PDF]

AoB Plants, 2021
Vergara-Torres CA, Díaz-Castelazo C, Toledo-Hernández VH, Flores-Palacios A.   +3 more
europepmc   +3 more sources