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ArticleAoB PLANTS2026

Morphological, anatomical, and mechanical variation in cactus spines across species and stem developmental positions.

Roman Gebauer, Radomír Řepka, Radim Matula, Daniel Volařík, Jan Tippner, Barbora Vojáčková

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Roman GebauerDepartment of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, Brno 61300, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5661-7585
Radomír ŘepkaDepartment of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, Brno 61300, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9993-0042
Radim MatulaDepartment of Forest Ecology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 165 00, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7460-0100
Daniel VolaříkDepartment of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, Brno 61300, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3682-2992
Jan TippnerDepartment of Wood Science and Wood Technology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, Brno 61300, Czech Republic.
Barbora VojáčkováDepartment of Wood Science and Wood Technology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, Brno 61300, Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6433-8666

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Abstract

Cactus spines are highly variable structures that perform multiple ecological functions and have considerable taxonomic importance. However, their anatomical and mechanical properties remain poorly understood. A better understanding of spine structure may provide insights into the ecological function. In this study, we compared morphological, anatomical, and mechanical spine traits in three columnar cacti from Argentina (

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