define heterostyly in biology
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Heterostyly is a genetic polymorphism in which flowers differ between individual plants of a species in heights at which the stamens and style are positioned. Distylous species have short- and long-style flowers, and long and short anthers, respectively.
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Heterostyly is a unique form of polymorphism and herkogamy in flowers. In a heterostylous species, two or three morphological types of flowers, termed "morphs", exist in the population. ... Heterostylous plants having three flower morphs are termed "tristylous". Each morph has two types of stamens.
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