Genera within a family

anisos, aniso-, = unequal, uneven
odon, ontos, odons, = a tooth;
-tis, = usually indicates the agent or means;
-odontus, = -toothed.
(unevenly toothed)
(LS, BL)

For Paul Hermann (1646-1695).**
(Ch)

hibiscus, hibiscum, ebiscum, = the marsh-mallow.
From the Greek hibiskos. Possibly from ibis, stork, which fed on some species of mallow.

(ld, Le)

For the Lavater brothers, Johann Heinrich (1611-1691) and Johann Jacob? (1594-1636).**
(Ch)

malakos, = soft, gentle, mild.
(mallow)
(emollient, softening properties of the seeds)
(LS, Le)

modius = the roman corn measure, a measure, peck; the socket, step, shoe in which the mast of a ship stands;
-olus, = diminutive.
modiolus, = a small measure; hence a kind of drinking vessel; a bucket on a water-wheel; the nave of a wheel.
(modiolus, = The cenral bony column in the cochlea of he ear: = allusion unclear)
(ld, BL, Le)