Endozoochory by the cooperation between beetles and ants in the holoparasitic plant Cynomorium songaricum in the deserts of Northwest China
Fig 2
Scanning electron microscopy of intact C. songaricum seeds collected from M. semenowi feces at different times.
(a-b) natural seeds. (c-d) non-elaiosome seeds. (e-f) intact seeds collected from M. semenowi feces 6 h later. (g-h) intact seeds collected from M. semenowi feces 12 h later. (i-j) intact seeds collected from M. semenowi feces 24 h later. (k-l) intact seeds collected from M. semenowi feces 48 h later. (a), (c), (e), (g), (i), (k), bars = 100 μm, (b), (d), (f), (h), (j), (l), bars = 10 μm.