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Acacia chiapensis
Acacia collinsii
Acacia cornigera
Acacia globulifera
Acacia hindsii
Ant-plant interaction
Indirect defence
Mutualism
Myrmecophytism
Pseudomyrmex
Swollen-thorn-acacias.
Antiherbivore defenses
Crematogaster-borneensis
Myrmecophytic cecropia
Macaranga-triloba
Piper-cenocladum
Adaptations
Ultrastructure
Euphorbiaceae
Association.
Environment/Ecology in Current Contents(R)/Agricultural,
Biology & Environmental Sciences.
Abstract:
Myrmecophytic plants use obligate ant mutualists as a constitutive indirect defence mechanism. These plants often produce cellular food bodies (FBs) to nourish their resident ants. Lipids, proteins, and even highly specialised compounds such as glycogen