Comparative structure and ontogeny of the foliar domatia in three neotropical myrmecophytes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-565

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

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Jardin Botanique Henri Gaussen   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Ant Plant mutualism; Chrysobalanaceae; Domatia; French guiana; Hirtella physophora; Maieta guianensis; Melastomataceae; Myrmecophyte; Ontogeny; Tococa guianensis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; ONTOGENY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

FRENCH GUIANA;

CHRYSOBALANACEAE; HIRTELLA PHYSOPHORA; MAIETA GUIANENSIS; MELASTOMATACEAE; TOCOCA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 77950166178     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900207     Document Type: Article

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