= Inferior ovary
An <inferior ovary> is an <ovary (botany)> lying below the level where the <perianth> and \x[stamens]{magic} attach, with the surrounding floral tissue fused to it apart from, potentially, a free summit. <Epigyny> describes the corresponding position of the other floral parts above the <ovary (botany)>. “Inferior” specifies this anatomical relationship, rather than the direction in which a <flower> happens to point.<Glossary of Botanical Terms by PlantNET>[Entry inferior ovary and Figure 12B; attachment level and fusion with the hypanthium; https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?glossary=yes&ill=Fig.+12+B&page=nswfl&term=inferior+ovary]{ref}
To identify the arrangement, inspect a lengthwise section through a <flower> and trace the <sepals>, <petals> and \x[stamens]{magic} to their attachment around the <ovary (botany)>. Merely seeing a cup-shaped <hypanthium> is insufficient: a <superior ovary> can stand freely inside such a cup. The attachment and fusion must be checked together.<Glossary of Botanical Terms by PlantNET>[Figure 12, especially comparison of inferior ovary in B with superior ovary and surrounding hypanthium in D]{ref}
An <apple> develops as a <pome> from an <inferior ovary>; its mature core and surrounding flesh retain the consequences of that floral construction.<Glossary of Botanical Terms by PlantNET>[Entry pome, inferior ovary and enlarged hypanthium]{ref}
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