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epigynous

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epigynous [ə′pij·ə·nəs]
(botany)
Having the perianth and stamens attached near the top of the ovary; that is, the ovary is inferior.
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Perianth position, whether hypogynous at the junction with pedicel, or epigynous at the fruit apex, or expanded to form wings, helps with familial and ordinal identification (Table 1).
Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits by Manchester, Steven R.; O'Leary, Elizabeth L. / The Botanical Review
The golden pomes (a round apple-like fruit) terminate in a small carnelian bead which, if it actually represents a morphological feature, corresponds to the calyx of an epigynous flower.
The golden leaves of Ur by Tengberg, M.; Potts, D.T.; Francfort, H.-P. / Antiquity
2 mm in diameter, white, margins minutely lacerate-papillose; ovary broadly elliptic, 8-10 x 5-6 mm, white, glabrous, slightly sulcate, epigynous tube lacking; placentation apical; ovules obtuse.
Two new species from Pedra dos Pontoes, an unexplored mountain in ... by Leme, Elton M.C.; Kollmann, Ludovic J.C.; Fontana, Andre P. / Journal of the Bromeliad Society
 
 
 
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