Kosteletzkya

noun

Kos·​te·​letz·​kya

ˌkästəˈletskēə

: a small genus of herbs of the family Malvaceae that are native chiefly to the southern U.S. and tropical America and that differ from the mallows in having a single ovule in each cell of the ovary

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from V. F. Kosteletzky †1887 Bohemian botanist

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