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

Some families of considerable size, such as the Boragineae and Verbenaceae, include, as far as is at present known, only a single heterostyled genus.

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

This plant was discovered by Hildebrand to be heterostyled, that is, to present, like the species of Primula, a long-styled and a short-styled form, which are adapted for reciprocal fertilisation.

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

There is another remarkable difference between the forms of several heterostyled species, namely in the anthers of the short-styled flowers, which contain the larger pollen-grains, being longer than those of the long-styled flowers.

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

Exactly the same thing occurs with the two forms of a heterostyled species.

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

But we have not as yet even touched on the chief difficulty in understanding how heterostyled species could have originated.

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