FIGURE 3. —A in Opuntia delafuentiana (Cactaceae: Opuntioideae), a new xoconostle from central Mexico

FIGURE 3. —A. Areole with short trichomes, glochides, base of a triangular central spine and four radial spines (x25). —B. Apical part of a spine, short epidermic cells (x125). —C. Middle part of a spine, continuous epidermic cells without fissures between the cells and with rugose texture (x110). —D. Glochides with prominent apexes of the epidermic cells (x250). —E. Pubescent epidermis, epidermic cells with smooth anticlinal walls (x400). —F. Paracytic stomata (x500). Reference specimen: C. Martinez-González 4 (MEXU).