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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DONALDIA. Bot. A genus of the begonia family, found in Venezuela (1854 Abhandlungen der Königl. Akad. der Wissensch. zu Berlin 198).
[Called by V. Klotsch after James Donald (1815–72), of Forfar, gardener at Hampton Court and an authority on begonias.]
