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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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MACKAYA. Bot. A genus of tropical Asian plants of the family Olacineae (1838 G. Arnott in Jardin Mag. Zool. et Bot. II. 550), later called Erythropalum. A genus of Fucus was also called Mackaya. Derivs. Mackaii, Mackaniana, of a species of Erica or heath (1843 Sowerby English Bot. Suppl. iv. 2900).

[After James T. Mackay (1775–1862), of Kirkcaldy, founder of Botanic Garden in Dublin.]