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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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CRAIBIA. Bot. A genus of leguminous plants from Africa (1911 Journal Bot. XLIX. 106). Deriv. Craibiodendron, a genus of Chinese Ericaceae (1912 W. W. Smith in Rec. Bot. Soc. India IV. 276).
[After W. G. Craib (1882–1933), botanist in India, Professor of Botany at Aberdeen.]
