Cryosophila
... that the stems of the neotropical palm genus Cryosophila are covered with spines that are actually modified roots?
... that the <a href="./Plant_stem" id="mwECA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Plant stem">stems</a> of the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Neotropic_ecozone" id="mwECE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Neotropic ecozone">neotropical</a> <a href="./Arecaceae" id="mwECI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arecaceae">palm</a> genus <i id="mwECM"><b id="mwECQ"><a href="./Cryosophila" id="mwECU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cryosophila">Cryosophila</a></b></i> are covered with <a href="./Thorns,_spines,_and_prickles" id="mwECY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thorns, spines, and prickles">spines</a> that are actually modified <a href="./Root" id="mwECc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Root">roots</a>?