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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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ANDERSONIA. Bot. 1. A genus of Australasian ericaceous shrubs (1810 R. Brown Prodromus Florae Nov. Holl. 554), called after William Anderson (†1778), surgeon on Cook's last voyage, Alexander Anderson (†1811), from Scotland, botanist at St Vincent, West Indies, and William Anderson (1766–1846), of Edinburgh, gardener at Chelsea.

2. A genus of meliaceous shrubs of Asia and Australia (a.1815 W. Roxburgh Flora Indica II. 212), also called Amoora. Named after James Anderson (†1809), of Scotland, physician in India.