Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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CHAMPIONIA. Bot. A genus of oriental plants with showy flowers, order Gesneraceae (1848 G. Gardner in Walper's Annales Bot. Syst. III. 96).
[After John G. Champion (1815–54), of Edinburgh, soldier and botanist in India and China.]