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

So that 43 per cent of those British plants which have their sexes separated are more or less aquatic in their habits, whereas only 21 per cent of heterostyled plants have such habits.

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

The ovules of a heterostyled trimorphic plant are affected very differently by pollen from the three sets of stamens belonging to the same species.

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

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

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

Therefore the number of dioecious species which owe their origin to the transformation of heterostyled plants is probably not so large as might have been anticipated from the facilities which they offer for such conversion.

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