Ant Plants

This page lists plants which have particular symbiotic relationships with ants. An excellent website by Nick Plummer with information on ant plants can be found here.

See also: Plummer, N., Cultivation of the epiphytic ant-plants Hydnophytum and Myrmecodia, Cactus and Succulent Journal 72:142-147 (2000)

Collection Accessions:

• Acacia cornigera - Bull-thorn Acacia - Fabaceae
• Acacia hindsii - Bull Horn Acacia - Fabaceae
• Aechmea brevicollis - Bromeliaceae
• Dischidia major - Apocynaceae
• Dischidia rafflesiana - Apocynaceae
• Hydnophytum formicarum - Rubiaceae
• Hydnophytum sp. - Rubiaceae
• Lecanopteris mirabilis - Polypodiaceae
• Monolena primulaeflora - Melastomataceae
• Myrmecodia platyrea - Rubiaceae
• Myrmecodia tuberosa - Rubiaceae
• Piper cenocladum - Piperaceae
• Schomburgkia tibicinis - Fluteplayer's Schomburgkia - Orchidaceae
• Solanopteris brunei - Potato Fern - Polypodiaceae
• Tetrastigma voinierianum - Chestnut Vine, Lizard Plant - Vitaceae
• 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