hypogynousadj.
/hʌɪˈpɒdʒɪnəs//hɪˈpɒdʒɪnəs/ Botany.
Situated below the pistils or ovary; said of the stamens of a flower when these grow on the receptacle and are not united to any other organ; also of plants having the stamens so placed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > in specific quantity, form, or arrangement
castrate1704
syngenesious1753
pentandrious1754
pentandrous1757
polyandrous1757
polyadelphous1778
triandrious1786
polyandrian1787
gynandrian1791
monadelphous1806
monandrous1806
tetrandrous1806
perigynous1807
octandrousa1815
pleurogynous1819
hypogynous1821
icosandrian1828
octandrian1828
pentandrian1828
polyadelphian1828
tetradynamian1828
hexandrous1830
pentadelphous1830
tetradynamous1830
triadelphous1830
triandrous1830
icosandrous1836
corollifloral1839
indefinite1839
oligandrous1851
isadelphous1855
thalamifloral1857
thalamiflorous1857
phalangiform1858
polyandrious1858
allagostemonous1879
corolliflorous1880
obdiplostemonous1882
hypogynic1886
octandrious1890
Monadelphic1959
polyandric1976
1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants II. 708 Ranunculaceæ..petals 5 to 10, hypogynous.
1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) i. 15 If the filaments grow from immediately below the pistil..they are called hypogynous.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Icacinaceæ..Lindley places the order under his berberal alliance of hypogynous Exogens.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 73 Filaments inserted on a hypogynous ring.
1881 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 17 248/1 The stamens or male organs of the plant are indefinite, polyadelphous and hypogynous.
Derivatives
hyˈpogyny n. [compare French hypogynie] the quality or state of being hypogynous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > stamen(s) > state of being united or in particular position
perigyny1879
obdiplostemony1880
hypogyny1887
oligomery1887
synandrium1897
synandry1900
1887 Athenæum 10 Dec. 787/3 The shortening of the axis within the flower itself, giving the transition from hypogyny through perigyny to epigyny.
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