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### Author
Bayer, Adolf Joseph Wilhelm (1900-1978), South-African botanist, educated at Durban Boys High School 1913-1918, at University College 1919-1924, M.Sc. 1924, lecturer in botany, Natal University College 1925, professor of botany, University of Natal 1939-1967.
**Abbreviated name**: *Ad. Bayer*
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection NU|NU]] (6000, orig. herb.), further material at [[Collection NH|NH]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 143; IH 2: 61; Kew 1: 185.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Natal Wildlife 12(3): 10. 1971 (portr.).
- Bayer, A. \[J.\] W., S. Afr. J. Sci. 67(8): 401-411. 1971 ("Aspects of Natal's botanical history").
- Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 8. 1978.
- Dyer, R.A., Forum botanicum 17(3): 24-25. 1979 (obit.); Bothalia 13(1-2). 244. 1980.
- Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Bot. explor. S. Africa 91. 1981 (b. Hermannsburg, Natal, 8 Jan 1900, d. 8 Dec 1978, Kloof, Natal; curr. vit., portr.).
- Jacot Guilarmod, A., Musées de Genève 38: 12. 1963; Fl. Lesotho 55. 1971.
### Publications
##### n.20.448. An account of the plant ecology of the coastbelt
**Title**
*An account of the plant ecology of the coastbelt* and midlands of *Zululand*... Reprinted from "Annals of the Natal Museum"... 1938. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Apr 1938 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 371-454, *pl. 15-20* (uncol. photogr.). *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Natal Mus. 8(3): 371-454, *pl. 15-20.* 1938.