Preferred Label : Myrmecophytes;
MeSH definition : Plants that host ANTS by providing shelter in specialized nesting structures or domatia
(e.g., Beltian or Mullerian bodies) and sometimes provide food (e.g., food and pearl
bodies; and EXTRAFLORAL NECTARS). Ant colony in turn provides the host plant with
defense against encroaching foliage, nutrients via waste by-product and help with
SEED DISPERSAL.;
Définition CISMeF : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophyte;
MeSH synonym : Myrmecophyte; Ant-Plants; Ant-Plant; Myrmecophytic Plants; Myrmecophytic Plant; Plant, Myrmecophytic; Myrmecophytic Ant-Plants; Ant-Plant, Myrmecophytic; Ant-Plants, Myrmecophytic; Myrmecophytic Ant Plants; Myrmecophytic Ant-Plant; Ant Plants; Ant Plant; Plant, Ant;
Origin ID : D000097543;
UMLS CUI : C5828402;
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- Plant [UMLS semantic type]
Plants that host ANTS by providing shelter in specialized nesting structures or domatia
(e.g., Beltian or Mullerian bodies) and sometimes provide food (e.g., food and pearl
bodies; and EXTRAFLORAL NECTARS). Ant colony in turn provides the host plant with
defense against encroaching foliage, nutrients via waste by-product and help with
SEED DISPERSAL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophyte