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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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BLACKWELLIA. Bot. A genus of tropical plants of somewhat doubtful ascription, allied to cacti (a.1791 Jan Commelin in A. L. de Jussieu Genera Plant. 343).

[From Elizabeth Blackwell (1700–47), of Aberdeen, botanist.]