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Martin Bruce Bayer (30 June, 1935 – 23 October, 2023) was an agricultural entomologist, botanist, explorer, writer, and curator of the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden (1973-87) in Worcester, South Africa. He has published extensively on the Haworthia of southern Africa.
Early life
[edit]Bayer was born in Empangeni, South Africa. In 1973, he became the fourth curator of the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden in Worcester, South Africa.[1]
Career
[edit]Bruce Bayer became an authority on Haworthia,[2] writing many articles, starting in the early 1960s, and several books. These include: Haworthia Handbook (1976), The New Haworthia Handbook (1982), Haworthia Revisited. A revision of the Genus (1999) and, beginning in 2002, eleven volumes of Haworthia updates.[3][4] Bayer's field studies revealed the complexity of the genus, and problems of species delineation and the application of taxonomic code to a very fluid family.[5][6]
Some of the plants named in honour of Bayer include:
- Albuca bruce-bayeri U.Müll.-Doblies
- Anacampseros bayeriana SAHammer
- Asparagus bayeri (Oberm.) Fellingham & NLMey.
- Chamomilla recutita var. bayeri (Kanitz) Dostál
- Eriospermum bayeri PLPerry
- Euphorbia bayeri L.C.Leach
- Fusifilum bruce-bayeri U.Müll.-Doblies, J.S.Tang & D.Müll.-Doblies
- Gasteria brachyphylla var. bayeri Van Jaarsveld
- Haworthia bayeri JDVenter & SAHammer[7]
- Huernia bayeri LCLeach
- Namaquanula bruce-bayeri Doblies
- Ornithogalum bruce-bayeri U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies
- Tylecodon bayeri Van Jaarsveld
References
[edit]- ^ Perry, Pauline. "Some recollections of the Karoo Botanic Garden and Bruce Bayer, Curator1973-1987". Veld & Flora. June 1984: 73. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Bayer, Martin Bruce | International Plant Names Index". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Haworthia Updates".
- ^ "Publications". Haworthia Updates. M.B. Bayer. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ Pedersen, Elizabeth; Loucka, Lawrence. "Bruce Bayer (1935 - 2023)". Haworthiad. February 2024: 14.
- ^ Tribble, Derek. "An appreciation of Bruce Bayer". Haworthiad. February 2024: 16.
- ^ Venter, Jakobus; Hammer, Steven (1997). Cactus and Succulent Journal (Los Angeles). 69 (2): 75.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Bayer, Martin Bruce". JSTOR. Retrieved 26 January 2024.