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bud areole and lamina areole
We decided to add this term at the POC meeting on 11-8-11.
Proposed definition: An axillary bud that does not elongate, in which the leaves develop as spine leaves (PO:0025173). Comment: Found in Cactaceae. Appears as a cluster of spines. May be covered in trichomes. In species with tubercles, the areole is often found at the distal end of the tubercle. The areole originates in the axil of the leaf that becomes the tubercle but is displaced to the tip of a tubercle through adnation (fusion of two organs of different types). is_a axillary bud
ref.: Bell and Bryan, Plant Form
Reported by: rlwalls2008
Original Ticket: obo/plant-ontology-po-term-requests/397