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

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Example Sentences

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heterostyled

If one form is fertilised with pollen from the same form, the full complement of seed is not produced; and in the case of some heterostyled genera no seed at all is produced.

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

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 Charles Darwin

We can thus understand why it is that not a single species is heterostyled in such great families as the Leguminosae, Labiatae, Scrophulariaceae, Orchideae, etc., all of which have irregular flowers.

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

Some plants have been supposed to be heterostyled merely from their pistils and stamens varying greatly in length, and I have been myself more than once thus deceived.

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

They were called by me dimorphic and trimorphic, but have since been better named by Hildebrand, heterostyled.

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

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