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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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AITONIA. Bot. A genus of tropical shrub, order Meliaceae.

[Called by the younger Linnaeus after William Aiton (1731–93), of Hamilton, director of Kew Botanic Garden.]