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Hirtella physophora

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Species of flowering plant

Hirtella physophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Hirtella
Species: H. physophora
Binomial name
Hirtella physophora
Mart. & Zucc.

Hirtella physophora is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It forms an association with the ant species, Allomerus decemarticulatus. The ants live in honeycombed cylinders they attach to the plant's stems. The plant nearly always has these ants associated with it.

References

  1. Dejean A, Solano PJ, Ayroles J, Corbara B, Orivel J (2005). "Arboreal ants build traps to capture prey". Nature. 434 (7036): 973. doi:10.1038/434973a. PMID 15846335.
  2. The effect of habitat fragmentation on communities of mutualists: Amazonian ants and their host plants Emilio M. Bruna, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos and Sylvia Heredia Biological Conservation Volume 124, Issue 2, July 2005, Pages 209-216
Taxon identifiers
Hirtella physophora


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