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

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

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

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

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

In the foregoing chapters all the heterostyled plants known to me have been more or less fully described.

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