Szovitsia

Szovitsia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Apiaceae. It only contains one known species, Szovitsia callicarpa
Its native range is eastern Turkey to the Transcaucasus, and north-western Iran.
The genus name of Szovitsia is in honour of Johann Nepomuk Szovits, a Hungarian-born Russian apothecary and botanist. The Latin specific epithet of callicarpa refers to Callicarpa, which is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae. Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Index Seminum Vol.1 on page 39 in 1835.