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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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GILLIESIA. Bot. A genus of herbaceous plants with bulbous roots, found in Chile (1826 J. Lindley in Bot. Reg. XII. 992).
[From John Gillies (†1837), from Scotland, plant-collector in Chile.]
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