Resumen
Myrmecophyly is best documented among tropical epiphytes, and myrmecotrophy occurs especially among domatia-forming plants. We report the case of Polytaenium cajenense with “external” domatia and its use by the same symbiont ant as its host Cordia nodosa. This case is interpreted as the result of stochastic events and their relations to pre-existing adaptations of all species involved.
Idioma original | Inglés estadounidense |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 245-247 |
Número de páginas | 3 |
Publicación | Revista Peruana de Biologia |
Volumen | 17 |
N.º | 2 |
Estado | Publicada - 1 ago. 2010 |
Palabras clave
- Amazonia
- Azteca
- Ferns
- Monilophytes
- Myrmecophytes
- Peru
- Polytaenium