homostylous

Thân thiện

Homostylous flowers are often found in certain species of primrose.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • (Botany) Having styles all of the same length: Describes a plant, especially a flower, in which all the styles (the slender, elongated parts of the pistil that connect the stigma to the ovary) are of uniform length. This is a morphological characteristic.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Primula vulgaris is a homostylous species, unlike its heterostylous relatives.
  • The botanist noted the homostylous condition of the flowers, which simplified the pollination study.

Advanced Usage

• Technical Botanical Context: The term is primarily used in technical botanical descriptions and discussions of plant reproductive biology, often in contrast to "heterostylous."
  • The evolution from a heterostylous to a homostylous breeding system was a key finding of the research.

Variants and Related Words

• Homostyly (n): The condition of being homostylous.
  • Homostyly is less common in the genus Primula.
• Heterostylous (adj): Having styles of different lengths within a flower or among flowers of the same species.
  • Heterostylous plants often have a specific pollination mechanism.

Synonyms

• Isostylous: Having styles of equal length. (Note: This is a more specialized synonym and is less commonly used than "homostylous.")

Antonyms

• Heterostylous: Having styles of different lengths.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (botany) having styles all of the same length

Từ đồng nghĩa

• homostylic
• homostyled