- In botany,
areoles are
small light- to dark-colored
bumps on
cacti out of
which grow
clusters of spines.
Areoles are
important diagnostic features of...
- areola or
areole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
areola is a
small colored area of skin,
usually around the
nipple Areola or
areole (Latin for...
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structures called areoles, a kind of
highly reduced branch.
Areoles are an
identifying feature of cacti. As well as spines,
areoles give rise to flowers...
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retain stomata. The
areoles of
Rhodocactus species can form "brachyblasts",
called "spur shoots" by Beat Leuenberger. The
areole initially forms in the...
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found in
areoles of Opuntia). The
spines of
Fouquieria splendens develop from the leaf petioles. Sti****
spines on Vac****ia xanthophloea.
Areoles and spines...
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areoles to
almost as wide as the
areole.: 220 They can be
pointlike to round,
polygonal to
stellate radiating fissures, and one to many per
areole....
- are narrow, 3–5 mm across.
Spines 0-1 (occasionally as many as 3) at each
areole.
Flowers open in the late
afternoon and are pale
yellow or
greenish yellow...
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spines almost always grow in
areoles that
originate at the apex of the plant. A
spine stops growing in its
first season.
Areoles are
moved to the side and...
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Pilosocereus pachycladus (syn.
Pilosocereus azureus) is a blue
cactus with
hairy areoles that emit
golden spines. As of October 2023[update],
Plants of the World...
- Echinocactus. However, both
Pereskia and
Echinocactus have
spines produced from
areoles (highly
specialised pad-like structures)
suggesting that the two genera...
