Style (botany)

In botany, the style of an angiosperm flower is an organ of variable length that connects the ovary to the stigma.

[1] The style does not contain ovules; these are limited to the region of the gynoecium (female organs of the flower) called the "ovary".

[2] When the pistil consists of several carpels, each of them may have a distinct stylodium (sometimes seen as a pseudo-style[3]) or share a common style.

In the genera Freesia, Lapeirousia, Romulea, Savannosiphon, and Watsonia, the style has bifurcated and curved branches.

Terminal (apical) style position refers to attachment at the apex of the ovary and is the most common pattern.