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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SUTHERLANDIA. Bot. A genus of leguminous shrubs from S. Africa (1811 R. Brown Misc. Works (Ray Soc.) II. 442).
[After James Sutherland (1639–1719), of Edinburgh, Professor of Botany and Keeper of the Botanic Garden there.]
