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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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HOPKIRKIA. Bot. A genus of asteraceous plants, also called Salmea and Schkuhria (1844 G. Sprengler in J. F. Jacquin Ecl. plant. II. 139).
[After Thomas Hopkirk (1785–1841), of Glasgow, botanist.]
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