Myrmecophytes (/mərˈmɛkəfaɪt/; literally "ant-plant") are plants that live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different...

species of epiphytic fern, native to tropical South America. It is a myrmecophyte, producing domatia in its rhizome which ants live. "Microgramma megalophylla...

the African mahogany, afzelia, lenke, lengue, apa, or doussi, is a Myrmecophyte tree species in the family Fabaceae. It occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso...

plants and trees, such as thorns or branches; these hosts are known as myrmecophytes. Tetraponera species are closely related to the New World genus of ants...

Southeast Asia and is considered critically endangered in Singapore. It is a myrmecophyte as ants live in its tuber, also known as a caudex, and pollinate its...

rhizome forms hollow spaces that act shelter for ants, making this a myrmecophyte, similar to others in this genus. "Lecanopteris carnosa". Plants of the...

gut; others have hooks that enable them to attach to a mammal's fur. Myrmecophytes are plants that have coevolved with ants. The plant provides a home...

mutualistic relationship with stingless shelter ants, which makes it a myrmecophyte. The ant species associated with L. sinuosa belong within the genera...

Pseudomyrmex spinicola is a species of red myrmecophyte-inhabiting neotropical ants which are found only in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. They live in the...

8 in) in diameter. This rhizome forms a shelter for ants, making this a myrmecophyte, though unlike others of its genus the rhizome is flattened and doesn't...