Gyula Gáyer

Gyula Gáyer
Born16 February 1883
Kiscell, Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died13 June 1932(1932-06-13) (aged 49)
Szombathely, Hungary
Occupation(s)botanist, lawyer, judge
The native form of this personal name is Gáyer Gyula. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Gyula Gáyer (16 February 1883, in Kiscell, Hungary, Austria-Hungary – 13 June 1932, in Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian botanist,[1] lawyer, and judge.[2]

His early education was at Celldömölk. At the age of ten, Gáyer came to Szombathely, where he became a pupil of the Premonstratensian grammar school. He finished high school in Budapest. From 1904, he continued his studies at the university in Cluj-Napoca, where he was called to the bar in 1907. From 1914 onward he was a judge.

Botanical work

He described several species and subspecies, including several subspecies of Aconitum napellus.

Several plants bear his name:

The standard author abbreviation Gáyer is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Gáyer, Gyula (Julius) (1883-1932)".
  2. ^ http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?id=75011>
  3. ^ Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 12(4): 428 1977 (IK)
  4. ^ Bot. Centralbl. n. f. xxiii 120 1933 in obs. Karpati in Ind. Hort. Bot. Univ. Budapest 1934 118, in obs. 122 (IK)
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Gáyer.
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