myrmecophyte
/məːˈmɛkəfʌɪt/Botany
noun
A myrmecophilous plant; specifically any of certain tropical epiphytes adapted by means of specialized structures to give shelter to ants, and in some cases to supply them with food.
- Myrmecophytes are found in a number of unrelated plant families. Particularly well-known are the epiphytes of the Indo-Malayan genera Myrmecodia and Hydnophytum (family Rubiaceae), which have swollen honeycombed stems inhabited by ants..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. From German Myrmekophyt from myrmeko- + -phyt.
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