A fortuitous ant-fern association in the Amazon lowlands of Peru

Authors

  • Blanca León 1 Department of Geography & the Environment, University of Texas at Austin. 2 Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin. 3 Museo de Historia Natural, UNMSM, Av. Arenales 1256, Lima-14, Peru.
  • Kenneth R. Young Department of Geography & the Environment, University of Texas at Austin.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v17i2.35

Keywords:

myrmecophytes, ferns, monilophytes, Polytaenium, Azteca, Amazonia, Peru.

Abstract

Myrmecophyly is best documented among tropical epiphytes, and myrmecotrophy occurs especially among domatia-forming plants. We report the case of Polytaenium cajenense with "external" domatia and its use by the same symbiont ant as its host Cordia nodosa. This case is interpreted as the result of stochastic events and their relations to pre-existing adaptations of all species involved.

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Published

08/16/2010

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2010)

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Copyright (c) 2010 Blanca León, Kenneth R. Young

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How to Cite

León, Blanca, and Kenneth R. Young. 2010. “A Fortuitous Ant-Fern Association in the Amazon Lowlands of Peru”. Revista Peruana De Biología 17 (2): 245-47. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v17i2.35.