Abstract
Seed dispersal by hornets is a rare dispersal mechanism in angiosperms. In this issue, Chen et al. (pp. 792–796) demonstrate that hornets are the primary and long‐distance seed dispersers in Stemona tuberosa , and ants act as the secondary dispersers and transport seeds to safe sites. This unique example of insect‐seed mutualism might be underestimated in myrmecochorous plants.
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Claim · model-written summary
Hornets are reported as primary long-distance seed dispersers of Stemona tuberosa.
- Taxon
- Stemona tuberosa
Stemona tuberosae0 - Interactor
- hornetse0other
- Outcome
- primary and long‐distance seed disperserse0
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Verbatim
e0“hornets are the primary and long‐distance seed dispersers in Stemona tuberosa”
Claim · model-written summary
Ants are reported as secondary dispersers that take Stemona seeds to safe sites.
- Taxon
- Stemona tuberosaStemona tuberosae1
- Interactor
- antsFormicidaee0other
- Outcome
- secondary dispersers and transport seeds to safe sitese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“ants act as the secondary dispersers and transport seeds to safe sites”
e1“seed dispersers in Stemona tuberosa”