Gynoecium

The gynoecium, or pistil, is the flower's female reproductive part. A typical pistil has three regions: the expanded basal ovary, an elongated style connecting the ovary to the tip, and an apical stigma that receives pollen grains. An ovary raised on a stalk-like extension is described as a stipitate ovary. The individual structural units that make up a gynoecium are called carpels, and a gynoecium may be made of one carpel or of s …