Ant Plants

This page lists plants which have particular symbiotic relationships with ants. An excellent article by Nick Plummer with information on ant plants can be found here: Plummer, N., Cultivation of the epiphytic ant-plants Hydnophytum and Myrmecodia, Cactus and Succulent Journal 72:142-147 (2000)

Collection Accessions:

• Aechmea brevicollis - Bromeliaceae
• Dischidia major - Apocynaceae
• Dischidia major - Apocynaceae
• Dischidia platyphylla - Apocynaceae
• Dischidia rafflesiana - Apocynaceae
• Hoya imbricata var. basiorotunda - Apocynaceae
• Hydnophytum formicarum - medium Duke form - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum formicarum - Duke form - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum formicarum - European - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum formicarum - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum formicarum - Horne form - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Ant Plant - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum moseleyanum - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum papuanum - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum simplex - Rubiaceae
• Lecanopteris crustacea - Polypodiaceae
• Lecanopteris curtisii - Polypodiaceae
• Lecanopteris curtisii - Ant Fern - Polypodiaceae
• Lecanopteris luzonensis - Polypodiaceae
• Lecanopteris mirabilis - Polypodiaceae
• Lecanopteris sinuosa - Polypodiaceae
• Monolena primulaeflora - Melastomataceae
• Myrmecodia beccarii - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia platytyrea - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia platytyrea - Ant Plant - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia platytyrea ssp. antoinii - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia sp. - pink fruited species - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia sp. - from Irian Jaya - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia sp. - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia tuberosa - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata' - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia tuberosa 'dahlii' - Rubiaceae
• Pachycentria glauca - Melastomataceae
• Piper cenocladum - Piperaceae
• Platycerium madagascariense - Polypodiaceae
• Schomburgkia tibicinis - Fluteplayer's Schomburgkia - Orchidaceae
• Solanopteris brunei - Potato Fern - Polypodiaceae
• Tetrastigma voinierianum - Chestnut Vine, Lizard Plant - Vitaceae
• Vachellia cornigera - Bull-thorn Acacia - Fabaceae
• Vachellia hindsii - Bull Horn Acacia - Fabaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Besleria formicaria - Gesneriaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Dischidia pectinoides - Apocynaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Duroia hirsuta - Rubiaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Hoffmannia vesciculifera - Rubiaceae
• WISHLIST ITEM: Humboldtia laurifolia - Fabaceae