Ant Plant
provided by EOL authors
This plant is a host for an ant,Pseudomyrmex concolor, that aggressively defends its host from herbivores and other ants.
Pacheco, P. S. M. and K. Del-Claro. 2015. Nestmate Recognition in the Amazonian Myrmecophyte Ant Pseudomyrmex concolor Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 62:356-363. doi:[http://dx.doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i3.746 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i3.746]
