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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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NIVENIA. Bot. A South African nut-bearing shrub of the family Proteaceae (1810 Trans. Linnaean Soc. X. 134).
[Called by R. Brown after James Niven (1774–1826), of Penicuik, gardener and plant collector in S. Africa.]
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