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  2. Piper cenocladum - Wikipedia

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    The tropical rainforest understory shrub Piper cenocladum is a member of the same genus as kava, betel, and black pepper. It is a myrmecophyte, a plant that lives in ecological mutualism with ants. [1] This plant and three or four other closely related species are known collectively as ant plants or ant pipers.

  3. Anthonomus eugenii - Wikipedia

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    Anthonomus eugenii is known as the pepper weevil. This beetle feeds and lays eggs on plants in the genus Capsicum and a few species in the genus Solanum . [ 1 ] A. eugenii is native to Mexico, [ 2 ] however, it is an important pest of Capsicum in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Central America.

  4. Pissant - Wikipedia

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    The original pissant is any of a certain group of large ant species, commonly called wood ants, that make mounded nests in forests throughout most of Europe. [2] The name pissant arises from the urine-like odour produced by their nesting material—needles and straw from pine trees—and the formic acid that constitutes their venom. [3]

  5. Myrmecophyte - Wikipedia

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    Since plants provide essential resources for ants, the need to protect the plant and those resources is extremely important. Many myrmecophytes are defended from both herbivores and other competing plants by their ant symbionts. [7] Acacia cornigera, for example, is thoroughly guarded by its obligate ant partner, Pseudomyrmex ferruginea.

  6. Myrmecodia - Wikipedia

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    These plants also have a built in defense against climbing animals; even a slight tap or brush against the outside of an inhabited plant causes ants to come spilling out. Most species of ants that live within Myrmecodia species have no sting however, but the rush of ants combined with many small bites is enough to startle and warn any potential ...

  7. Piper (plant) - Wikipedia

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    Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines, is an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae. It contains about 1,000–2,000 species of shrubs, herbs, and lianas, many of which are dominant species in their native habitat. The diversification of this taxon is of interest to understanding the evolution of plants.

  8. A Visual Guide to Peppers - AOL

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    By Esther Sung The word "pepper" refers to members of the genus Capsicum, which includes hot varieties, also known as chile peppers, and sweet varieties, such as the bell pepper. Up until the ...

  9. Harvester ant - Wikipedia

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    Pogonomyrmex badius workers transporting a seed to add to their granary Messor sp. carrying seeds into their nest. Harvester ant is a common name for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds (called seed predation), or mushrooms as in the case of Euprenolepis procera, which are stored in the nest in communal chambers called granaries. [1]