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Lecanopteris sinuosa is a fern that belongs to the fern genus Lecanopteris. This epiphytic plant has a mutualistic relationship with stingless shelter ants, which makes it a myrmecophyte. The ant species associated with L. sinuosa belong within the genera Crematogaster, Technomyrmex or Iridomyrmex. The ants rear their larvae within the rhizome for protection, and in turn, L. sinuosa receives nutritional benefit from feces and other debris left behind by the plants. It is also suggested that L. sinuosa benefits from increased protection from herbivory and increased spore dispersal.

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  • Lecanopteris sinuosa is a fern that belongs to the fern genus Lecanopteris. This epiphytic plant has a mutualistic relationship with stingless shelter ants, which makes it a myrmecophyte. The ant species associated with L. sinuosa belong within the genera Crematogaster, Technomyrmex or Iridomyrmex. The ants rear their larvae within the rhizome for protection, and in turn, L. sinuosa receives nutritional benefit from feces and other debris left behind by the plants. It is also suggested that L. sinuosa benefits from increased protection from herbivory and increased spore dispersal. Lecanopteris sinuosa belongs in the subgenus Myrmecopteris (comprising four species total), which is characterized by ferns that have peltate scales and sori that are deeply immersed on the pinnae. (en)
  • Lecanopteris sinuosa är en stensöteväxtart som först beskrevs av Nathaniel Wallich och William Jackson Hooker, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Edwin Bingham Copeland. Lecanopteris sinuosa ingår i släktet Lecanopteris och familjen Polypodiaceae. Inga underarter finns listade. (sv)
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  • Wall. ex. Hook. (en)
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  • Lecanopteris (en)
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  • Lecanopteris sinuosa 2.jpg (en)
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  • sinuosa (en)
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  • Lecanopteris sinuosa är en stensöteväxtart som först beskrevs av Nathaniel Wallich och William Jackson Hooker, och fick sitt nu gällande namn av Edwin Bingham Copeland. Lecanopteris sinuosa ingår i släktet Lecanopteris och familjen Polypodiaceae. Inga underarter finns listade. (sv)
  • Lecanopteris sinuosa is a fern that belongs to the fern genus Lecanopteris. This epiphytic plant has a mutualistic relationship with stingless shelter ants, which makes it a myrmecophyte. The ant species associated with L. sinuosa belong within the genera Crematogaster, Technomyrmex or Iridomyrmex. The ants rear their larvae within the rhizome for protection, and in turn, L. sinuosa receives nutritional benefit from feces and other debris left behind by the plants. It is also suggested that L. sinuosa benefits from increased protection from herbivory and increased spore dispersal. (en)
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  • Lecanopteris sinuosa (en)
  • Lecanopteris sinuosa (sv)
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