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=== Etymology === The German-Australian [[botany|botanist]] [[Ferdinand von Mueller]] gave the genus the name ''Macadamia'' in 1857 in honour of the Scottish-Australian [[chemist]], medical teacher, and [[politician]] [[John Macadam]], who was the honorary Secretary of the [[Philosophical Institute of Victoria]] beginning in 1857.<ref>The proceedings of Philosophical Institute of Victoria, now the [[Royal Society of Victoria]] Rev: Mueller F (1857) Account of some new Australian plants. ''Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria'' 2: 62β77; Burke & Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition by E B Joyce & D A McCann, ''Royal Society of Victoria'' 2011</ref>
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