M.B.Bayer
Martin Bruce Bayer (30 June 1935 – 23 October 2023) was born in Empangeni, South Africa, and was an agricultural entomologist, botanist, explorer, prolific writer, and the 4th curator of the Karoo Botanical Garden (1973-87) in Worcester, South Africa.[1] He published extensively on the Haworthia of southern Africa.[2]
Bruce Bayer is the ultimate Haworthia authority. He spent more time exploring the veld for Haworthia than anyone has or will likely ever again. He wrote many articles, starting in the early 1960s, and several books: *Haworthia Handbook* (1976), *The New Haworthia Handbook* (1982), *Haworthia Revisited*. A revision of the Genus (1999), and beginning in 2002, no less than 11 volumes of *Haworthia Updates*[3][4]. Undoubtedly, *Haworthia Revisited* is a quintessential book, but Bruce Bayer continued his field studies tirelessly, revealing the complexity of this genus and problems of species delineation and the application of taxonomic code to a very fluid family. Even if some of his views seem too radical for the scientific world, even if some of his opinions are still surrounded by controversy, he is backed by over 60 years of experience, research, field studies, and accumulated knowledge.
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 bayerii JDVenter & SAHammer[5][6]
- Huernia bayeri LCLeach
- Namaquanula bruce-bayeri Doblies
- Ornithogalum bruce-bayeri U.Müll.-Doblies & D.Müll.-Doblies
- Tylecodon bayeri Van Jaarsveld
[7]== References ==
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Haworthia bayeri". wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ↑ Cact. Suc. J. (Los Angeles). 69 (2): 75. 1997. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Bayer, Martin Bruce". JSTOR. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
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