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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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KINGII. Bot. Specif. name of various plants from Chile, Tropaeolum (1872 Philippi in Anales Univ. Chilensis 684), Schizostemma and Alstroemeria (1873 Id. 509, 548).
[After Thomas King (1834–96) of Lochwinnoch, Professor of Botany in Anderson's College, Glasgow, plantcollector in Chile.]
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