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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FERGUSONIA. Bot. A genus of Rubiaceae from Ceylon (1872 W. D. Hooker Icon. Plant. XII. 1124).
[From William Ferguson (1820–81), born in Scotland, surveyor and botanist in Ceylon.]