Orchids vs. ferns, both not really carnivorous

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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 15:58:19 +0000
From: schlauer@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Orchids vs. ferns, both not really carnivorous

Dear David & Hideka,

> In a post by Hideka Kobayashi, the plant Myrmecophila ( you almost had it
> right ) is mentioned. Mymecophila is a fern that is now widely considered
> part of the genus Lecanopteris. It does harbor ants in its hollow rhizomes
> and derives significant benefits from the relationship, but is not
> carnivorous.

What you mean is a later (=illegitimate) homonym of the
(earlier) orchid name, viz. _Myrmecophila_ Christ ex Nakai (1929) and
not _Myrmecophila_ Rolfe (1917).

Such and related questions can be addressed by searching in the ING
database (Index Nominum Genericorum) at:

http://www.nmnh.si.edu/cgi-bin/wdb/ing/names/form

Kind regards
Jan

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