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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JACKIA. Bot. A genus of the sub-order Gardenidae (order Rubiaceae) from Malaysia (a.1820 N. Wallich in W. Roxburgh Flora Indica II. 321).
[After William Jack (1795–1822), of Aberdeen, in medical service in India and Sumatra.]