areole

A specialized cactus axillary structure that can bear spines, bristles, trichomes, or reproductive tissues.

• Types

  morphological structure

• Aliases

  No aliases are listed.

• Contributors
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• Morfología y anatomía del cefaliode Cephalocereus senilis (Cactaceae)

  19 citations

• Interareolar space reduction, enlarged areoles, and abundant long bristles and trichomes indicate that the flowering zone of Cephalocereus senilis is a lateral cephalium.

• No direct concept-to-concept edges are published yet.

• cephalocereus senilis

  species1 shared papers
• flowering zone

  plant region1 shared papers
• lateral cephalium

  morphological structure1 shared papers
• interareolar space

  morphological space1 shared papers
• trichome

  epidermal appendage1 shared papers
• periderm

  protective tissue1 shared papers
• chlorenchyma

  photosynthetic tissue1 shared papers
• xylematic fibers

  support tissue1 shared papers
• espostoa species

  comparison taxon1 shared papers
• xylem and phloem parenchyma

  vascular parenchyma1 shared papers