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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MOOREI. Bot. Specific name of a Crinum, an amaryllis of West Africa (1874 Hooker in Bot. Mag. C. 6113).
[Called after David Moore (orig. Muir) (1807–79), of Dundee, Director of the Botanical Garden in Dublin.]