A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Gynophore, “the stalk of the ovary, within the origin of the calyx” (Lindley); ‘the stipe of a pistil” (Jackson); “the stipe of a pistil” (Fernald 1950); “a prolongation of the receptacle that functions as a stalk and bears the gynoecium at its apex (as in the flowers of the Capparidaceae) (WIII); the developing multinucleate female reproductive structure in fungi, as those of the genus Pyronema (WIII): gynophorum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. gynophoro, nom.& acc. pl. gynophora, dat. & abl.pl. gynophoris; cf. anthophore, carpophore;

- flos disco cotiliformi, 5-lobo, ad gynophorum brevissimum adnato, flower with a cotiliform, 5-lobed disc adnate to a very short gynophore.

- carpella 5 minima, 1-sperma, approximata , gynophoro basi immersa et cum eo ovarium unicum simulantia (DeCandolle), carpels 5 very small, 1-seeded, close together, immersed in the gynophore at the base and with it resembling a single ovary.

- torus hemisphaericus v. depressus, medio in gynophorum elongatum abiens (B&H), the torus hemispheric or depressed, in the middle transforming into an elongate gynophore.

epigynophorus,-a,-um (adj.A), epigynophoricus,-a,-um (adj.A): epigynophorious, “(obsol.) placed upon a gynophore or stipe of an ovary” (Lindley; Jackson).