Comparison between the anatomical and morphological structure of leaf blades and foliar domatia in the ant-plant Hirtella physophora (Chrysobalanaceae)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-507

  Leroy, Céline ^a,b   Jauneau, Alain ^c   Quilichini, Angélique ^b   Dejean, Alain ^b,d   Orivel, Jérôme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c Laboratoire Signaux et Messages Cellulaires Chez Les Végé taux   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Ant plant mutualism; Chrysobalanaceae; Extra floral nectaries; French Guiana; Hirtella physophora; Secondary domatia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANT; CHLOROPLAST; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NECTARY;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; SYMBIOSIS;

CHRYSOBALANACEAE; HEXAPODA; HIRTELLA PHYSOPHORA;

EID: 39749200143     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm323     Document Type: Article

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