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All members of the subfamily Opuntioideae have glochids: numerous, very small spines that are deciduous. Opuntia polyacantha. Plants of this Tephrocactus are always tiny, but they are fierce -- their spines are 2 or 3 times longer than the rest of the body. Not all cacti have spines.This peyote (Lophophora williamsii) has hundreds of trichomes in each axillary bud, but no spines.ravel. Published papers. Cactus Spines. The evolutionary conversion of leaves to spines in cacti. One defining feature of cacti is having clusters of spines. Numerous plants have spines of course, but in cacti, spines occur in clusters in the axil of leaves, even though the leaves are usually microscopic.
Opuntia is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae. The most common culinary species is the Indian fig opuntia (O. ficus-indica). Most culinary uses of the term prickly pear refer to this species.Prickly pears are also known as tuna (fruit), sabra, nopal (paddle, plural nopales) from the Nahuatl word nÅpalli for the pads, or nostle, from the Nahuatl word nÅchtli for the fruit; or paddle cactus.he first introduction of prickly pears into Australia are ascribed to Governor Philip and the earliest colonists in 1788. Brought from Brazil to Sydney, prickly pear grew in Sydney, New South Wales, where they were rediscovered in a farmer's garden in 1839.