Gyula Gáyer (16 February 1883, in Kiscell, Hungary, Austria-Hungary – 13 June 1932, in Szombathely, Hungary) was a Hungarian botanist, lawyer, and judge.http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?id=75011>
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:
(Euphorbiaceae) Tithymalus × gayeri (Boros & Soó) HolubFolia Geobot. Phytotax. 12(4): 428 1977 (IK) (Rhamnaceae) Rhamnus × gayeri ex SoóBot. Centralbl. n. f. xxiii 120 1933 in obs. Karpati in Ind. Hort. Bot. Univ. Budapest 1934 118, in obs. 122 (IK)
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