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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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CANTLEYI. Bot. Specif. name of Dracaena, a genus of tropical liliaceous shrubs (1900 Baker in Tijdschrift Tuinb. V. 4).
[From Nathaniel Cantley (†1888), of Thurso, botanist and gardener in Mauritius and Singapore.]
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