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- Elaiosome abstract "Elaiosomes (Greek élaion "oil" and sóma "body") are fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds of many plant species. The elaiosome is rich in lipids and proteins, and may be variously shaped. Many plants have elaiosomes that attract ants, which take the seed to their nest and feed the elaiosome to their larvae. After the larvae have consumed the elaiosome, the ants take the seed to their waste disposal area, which is rich in nutrients from the ant frass and dead bodies, where the seeds germinate. This type of seed dispersal is termed myrmecochory from the Greek "ant" (myrmex) and "dispersal" (kore). This type of symbiotic relationship appears to be mutualistic, more specifically dispersive mutualism according to Ricklefs, R.E. (2001), as the plant benefits because its seeds are dispersed to favorable germination sites, and also because it is planted (carried underground) by the ants.Elaiosomes develop in various ways either from seed tissues (chalaza, funiculus, hilum, raphe-antiraphe) or from fruit tissues (exocarp, receptacle, flower tube, perigonium, style or spicule). The various origins and developmental pathways apparently all serve the same main function, i.e. attracting ants. Because elaiosomes are present in at least 11,000, but possibly up to 23,000 species of plants, elaiosomes are a dramatic example of convergent evolution in flowering plants.Elaioplasts is another name for fat-producing cells (plastids).".
- Elaiosome thumbnail Afzelia_africana1.jpg?width=300.
- Elaiosome wikiPageExternalLink antdispersal.
- Elaiosome wikiPageID "3876996".
- Elaiosome wikiPageRevisionID "573864035".
- Elaiosome hasPhotoCollection Elaiosome.
- Elaiosome subject Category:Fruit_morphology.
- Elaiosome subject Category:Insect_ecology.
- Elaiosome comment "Elaiosomes (Greek élaion "oil" and sóma "body") are fleshy structures that are attached to the seeds of many plant species. The elaiosome is rich in lipids and proteins, and may be variously shaped. Many plants have elaiosomes that attract ants, which take the seed to their nest and feed the elaiosome to their larvae.".
- Elaiosome label "Elaiosom".
- Elaiosome label "Elaiosome".
- Elaiosome label "Elajosom".
- Elaiosome label "Eleosoma".
- Elaiosome label "Mierenbroodje".
- Elaiosome label "Élaïosome".
- Elaiosome label "Элайосома".
- Elaiosome label "エライオソーム".
- Elaiosome sameAs Masíčko.
- Elaiosome sameAs Elaiosom.
- Elaiosome sameAs Eleosoma.
- Elaiosome sameAs Élaïosome.
- Elaiosome sameAs エライオソーム.
- Elaiosome sameAs Mierenbroodje.
- Elaiosome sameAs Elajosom.
- Elaiosome sameAs m.0b4m90.
- Elaiosome sameAs Q1324911.
- Elaiosome sameAs Q1324911.
- Elaiosome wasDerivedFrom Elaiosome?oldid=573864035.
- Elaiosome depiction Afzelia_africana1.jpg.
- Elaiosome isPrimaryTopicOf Elaiosome.
