Myrmecodia tuberosa

Myrmecodia tuberosa
Myrmecodia tuberosa at the Huntington Museum of Art
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Myrmecodia
Species:	M. tuberosa
Binomial name
Myrmecodia tuberosa Jack
Synonyms [1]
28 synonyms Lasiostoma tuberosum(Jack) Spreng. Bantiala rubraDauphinot Myrmecodia amboinensisBecc. Myrmecodia apoensisElmer Myrmecodia armataDC. Myrmecodia bullosaBecc. Myrmecodia dahliiK.Schum. Myrmecodia echinataF.Muell. Myrmecodia echinataGaudich. Myrmecodia goramensisBecc. Myrmecodia hispidaA.Rich. Myrmecodia inermisDC. Myrmecodia kandariensisBecc. Myrmecodia lanceolataValeton Myrmecodia menadensisBecc. Myrmecodia muelleriBecc. Myrmecodia oninensisBecc. Myrmecodia paucispinaValeton Myrmecodia peekeliiValeton Myrmecodia pentaspermaK.Schum. Myrmecodia pulvinataBecc. Myrmecodia rumphiiBecc. Myrmecodia salomonensisBecc. Myrmecodia sibuyanensisElmer Myrmecodia sorsogonensisElmer Myrmecodia tuberosaBecc. ex Treub Myrmecodia urdanetensisElmer Myrmecodia viviparaWarb.

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. ^[4]

Gallery

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  Myrmecodia tuberosa seedling
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  Myrmecodia tuberosa young plant

References

1. "Myrmecodia tuberosa Jack". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
2. Janzen, Daniel H. (1974). "Epiphytic Myrmecophytes in Sarawak: Mutualism Through the Feeding of Plants by Ants" . Biotropica. 6 (4): 237–259. Bibcode:1974Biotr...6..237J. doi:10.2307/2989668. JSTOR   2989668.
3. "Myrmecodia tuberosa Jack". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
4. "Myrmecodia tuberosa". National Tropical Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 2022-09-21.