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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.


Etymology

Origin of heterostyled

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

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With some species the pistil continues growing for a long time, so that if old and young flowers are compared they might be thought to be heterostyled.

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

Rubiaceae. size of anthers. stigmas. number of heterostyled genera.

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

Kuhn, Dr., on cleistogamic flowers. list of plants producing differently formed seeds. heterostyled plants.

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

Fritz Muller sent me from South Brazil dried flowers of a Statice which he believed to be heterostyled.

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

Primrose, heterostyled flowers of the,  311;differences of the pollen in the two forms of the,  312.

From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles

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