Myrmecodia ( lat.Myrmecodia ) is a genus of flowering plants of the Marena family ( Rubiaceae ).
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 Myrmecodia beccarii botanical illustration of JDHooker, Bot. Mag. 112: t. 6883.1886 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Myrmecodia Jack , 1823 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Myrmecodia tuberosa Jack [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Distribution
Southeast Asia , Northern Australia , Solomon Islands and Fiji [3] .
Biological Description
Epiphytic shrubs with a tuber-like thickened base of the stem penetrated by the numerous cavities inhabited by ants . Due to the fact that rotting of plant and animal debris accumulated by ants takes place in the cavities, myrmecody receives additional mineral substances. The cavities themselves are formed without the participation of ants, and are not gnawed by them, as was originally thought [4] . Outside, the tuberous stalk of myrmecodia is covered with subordinate roots (in some species they are turned into thorns).
Shoots are short, tetrahedral, with opposite leaves.
The flowers are small, white; the fruit is the berry [3] .
Views
According to The Plant List [5] :
- Myrmecodia alata Becc.
- Myrmecodia albertisii Becc.
- Myrmecodia angustifolia valeton
- Myrmecodia archboldiana Merr. & LMPerry
- Myrmecodia aureospina huxley & jebb
- Myrmecodia beccarii Hook.f.
- Myrmecodia brassii Merr. & LMPerry
- Myrmecodia erinacea Becc.
- Myrmecodia ferox Huxley & Jebb
- Myrmecodia gracilispina huxley & jebb
- Myrmecodia horrida huxley & jebb
- Myrmecodia jobiensis Becc.
- Myrmecodia kutubuensis Huxley & Jebb
- Myrmecodia lamii Merr. & LMPerry
- Myrmecodia longifolia valeton
- Myrmecodia longissima valeton
- Myrmecodia melanacantha Huxley & Jebb
- Myrmecodia oblongata Valeton
- Myrmecodia oksapminensis Huxley & Jebb
- Myrmecodia paradoxa Huxley & Jebb
- Myrmecodia pendens Merr. & LMPerry
- Myrmecodia platyrea Becc.
- Myrmecodia platytyrea Becc.
- Myrmecodia pteroaspida Huxley & Jebb
- Myrmecodia schlechteri valeton
- Myrmecodia sterrophylla Merr. & LMPerry
- Myrmecodia tuberosa Jack typus [2]
In Culture
Myrmecodia beccari is mainly found in collections. They can be grown in plastic pots filled up to 80% of the volume with gravel chips. The remaining 20% may be ordinary earth mixtures. Another landing option is on block [6] .
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ 1 2 Information about the genus Myrmecodia (English) in the Index Nominum Genericorum database of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) .
- ↑ 1 2 Mirmekodiya // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.
- ↑ Mirmecophilic epiphytes • Pavel Kvartalnov • Scientific picture of the day on the “Elements” • Botany, Entomology . elementy.ru. Circulation date May 20, 2019.
- ↑ Myrmecodia . The Plant List . Date of treatment August 8, 2014.
- ↑ Burenkov A. Wow! (inaccessible link) . Cactus Kiev. Ukrainian site about cacti and cactus growers. Date of treatment August 8, 2014. Archived on August 9, 2014.