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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MACLEAY. After Alexander Macleay (1767–1848), of Rossshire, Colonial Secretary for New South Wales, botanist and zoologist. Derivs.: 1. Bot. in form Macleaya, a genus of herbaceous perennials of the poppy order from Central Africa (1826 R. Brown Bot. Works (Ray Soc.) I. 270). Also macleaii, specif. name of an Aspidium or fern from Transvaal (1886 Hooker Icon. Plant. XVII. 1654).
2. Zool. in form macleayanus, specif. name of an Ascalaphus or dragonfly from the West Indies (1823 L. Guilding in Trans. Linnaean Soc. XIV. 140); macleaya, as a specif. name of an olive shell (1835 P. L. Duclos in Hist. Nat. Coquilles 21).
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