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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CLAPPERTONIA. Bot. A shrub of the family Tiliaceae of Guinea (1837 K. F. Meisner Genera Plantarum Vascul. 36), also called Honckenya.
[After Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827), of Annan, Naval Captain and African explorer.]