myrmecochory

botany

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dispersal of seed and fruit

  • magnolia fruit and seeds
    In seed: Dispersal by ants

    Most myrmecochorous plants (species of violet, primrose, hepatica, cyclamen, anemone, corydalis, Trillium, and bloodroot) belong to the herbaceous spring flora of northern forests. Tree poppy (Dendromecon), however, is found in the dry

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