Compilation of seeds with elaiosomes 8
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Summary[edit] Description: English: Seeds of Symphytum officinale (Common comfrey; Boraginaceae) with a white or yellowish appendage called an elaiosome. This fat body attracts ants, which carry the seed to their nest. Seed dispersal by ants is known as myrmecochory. Date: 18 December 2018, 15:02:14. Source: Own work. Author: Hans Stuessi.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
- Spermatophytes
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Boraginales
- Boraginaceae (borage family)
- Symphytum (comfrey)
- Symphytum officinale (Comfrey)
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