noun
- a condition in flowering plants in which all flowers of the same species have styles of equal length, promoting self-pollination or uniform cross-pollination
Usage: botany; technical
Examples
- Homostyly in certain plant species reduces the need for specific pollinator types.
- The researcher studied homostyly as a reproductive strategy in wild populations.
- Unlike heterostyly, homostyly allows flowers to self-fertilize more readily.
- Homostyly is common in some cultivated crop varieties.