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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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SINCLAIRIA. Bot. A plant of the genus Vernonia or ironweed, found in Guatemala (1842 W. J. Hooker Icon. Plant. V. 451).

[After Andrew Sinclair (? 1800–61), of Paisley, botanist in New Zealand.]