# Epigynous

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/epigynous
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

referring to stamens (sometimes also to sepals and petals) which are attached to a [floral](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/floral "belonging to the flower or seated near the flower.") tube which is [fused](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/fused "joined and growing together.") to the [ovary](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovary "the basal portion of a carpel or group of fused carpels in which one or more ovules are enclosed, and which after fertilization develops into the fruit.")).

## Related terms

- [Stamen](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/stamen)

- [Floral types](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/image/floral_types "Diagrammatic median vertical sections showing different ways in which ovaries, stamens, carpels and floral tubes may be positioned relative to each other.")