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| Hydnophytum formicarum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Hydnophytum |
| Species: | H. formicarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydnophytum formicarum | |
Hydnophytum formicarum, commonly called a "Baboon's head" or "Ant plant", is an epiphyte native to Southeast Asia and is considered critically endangered in Singapore.[1] It is a myrmecophyte as ants live in its tuber, also known as a caudex, and pollinate its flowers.[1] It resides in open-canopied areas, rainforests, and terrestrial regions of high elevation.[2][3]
- ^ a b "Hydnophytum formicarum Jack". Flora Fauna Web. National Parks Board, Singapore. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ Hosoishi, Shingo; Park, Sang-Hyun; Tagane, Shuichiro; Rahman, Md. Mamunur; Ogata, Kazuo (July 2018). "Domatia of the Ant-Plant Hydnophytum formicarum (Rubiaceae) Captured as Nests by Two Widespread Ant Species, Tapinoma melanocephalum and Tetramorium nipponense (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Entomological News. 127 (5): 407–412. doi:10.3157/021.127.0503. ISSN 0013-872X. S2CID 92743135.
- ^ Arcila Hernández, Lina M.; Sanders, Jon G.; Miller, Gabriel A.; Ravenscraft, Alison; Frederickson, Megan E. (December 2017). "Ant-plant mutualism: a dietary by-product of a tropical ant's macronutrient requirements". Ecology. 98 (12): 3141–3151. Bibcode:2017Ecol...98.3141A. doi:10.1002/ecy.2036. hdl:10150/636383. PMID 28977692.