heterostyled

American  

[het-er-uh-stahyld] / ˈhɛt ər əˌstaɪld /

Also heterostylous

adjective

1. (of a plant) having styles of different forms or lengths in the flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of heterostyled

First recorded in 1870–75; hetero- + -style ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Asa Gray informs me that Coprosma is dioecious, and that it is closely allied through Nertera to Mitchella, which as we know is a heterostyled dimorphic species.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

I have now given the few cases known to me in which heterostyled plants appear with some considerable degree of probability to have been rendered dioecious.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

Relative diameter of the pollen-grains from the forms of the same heterostyled species; those from the short-styled form being represented by 100.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

Nor ought we to expect to find many such cases, for the number of heterostyled species is by no means large, at least in Europe, where they could hardly have escaped notice.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

Close correspondence between the effects of cross-fertilisation and self-fertilisation, and of the legitimate and illegitimate unions of heterostyled plants, in comparison with hybrid unions.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles