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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PATERSONIA. Bot. A genus of Australian irises (1810 R. Brown Prodromus Florae Nov. Holland I. 303).
[After William Paterson (†1810), of Montrose, Lieut.-Governor of Botany Bay.]