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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HECTORELLA. Bot. A genus of Centrosperma from New Zealand (1868 W. D. Hooker Icon. Plant. XI. 1046).
[After Sir James Hector (1834–1907), of Edinburgh, geologist and botanist in North America and New Zealand.]