CLERODENDRUM-FISTULOSUM (VERBENACEAE), AN UNSPECIFIC MYRMECOPHYTE FROM BORNEO WITH SPONTANEOUSLY OPENING DOMATIA

Authors
MASCHWITZ U FIALA B LINSENMAIR KE
Citation
U. Maschwitz et al., CLERODENDRUM-FISTULOSUM (VERBENACEAE), AN UNSPECIFIC MYRMECOPHYTE FROM BORNEO WITH SPONTANEOUSLY OPENING DOMATIA, Blumea, 39(1-2), 1994, pp. 143-150
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Blumea → ACNP
ISSN journal
00065196
Volume
39
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
143 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-5196(1994)39:1-2<143:C(AUMF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Clerodendrum fistulosum Becc. is a true myrmecophyte as it offers nest ing space for ants in hollow internodes. In contrast to previous repor ts our investigations proved that these domatia open by themselves, th us providing cavities for a variety of different ant species. In Saraw ak, Malaysia, we did not find an obligate relationship between C. fist ulosum and a specific ant-partner. For comparison, studies on herbariu m material of other Clerodendrum species were carried out: a further s pecies, C. deflexum from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra presumably al so is myrmecophytic.