Greig (Russian nobility)

The Greig family (Russian: Грейг) is the name of a Russian noble family of Scottish origin. They are a branch of Clan Gregor, that changed their name due to the proscription of the name MacGregor in 1603 by King James VI & I.

Greig
Parent houseClan Gregor
CountryRussian Empire
MottoStrike Sure

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In 1864, Greigia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae is named after Samuel Greig,[3] by Eduard August von Regel (a director of the St Petersburg Botanical Garden).[4] In 1873, Regel named a species of Tulip after Samuel Greig, Tulipa greigii.[5] Due to Greig once being president of the Russian Horticultural Society.[6]

The atoll of Niau in French Polynesia was named Greig after Aleksey Greig, by Russian Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen in 1820.

References

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  1. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 9 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Гаврилов И.В., Крыщенко С.В. (2012). "Потомки адмирала Грейга: николаевский след. Часть I." Николаевский Базар.
  3. ^ A. W. Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 176, at Google Books
  4. ^ "Greigia Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1864(Suppl.): 13 (1865)". kew.org. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Greig's Tulip 'Chopin'". paghat.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Tulipa greigii aurea". rareplants.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.