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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LOUDONIA. Bot. A genus of Australian plants, order Haloragaceae, growing in wet places (1839 J. Lindley in Bot. Reg. XXV. App. xlii.).
[From John C. Loudon (1783–1843), of Cambuslang, writer on botany.]