> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 226](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260214) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2431-1) LSID 2431-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2062617) QID Q2062617 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Dyer, Robert Allen (1900-1987), South African botanist born 21 Sep 1900 at Pietermaritzburg, educated at Merchiston and Michaelhouse schools in Natal, from 1919-1923 at Natal University, graduating with M.Sc., research worker with the Natal Sugar Association 1924-1925, appointed in 1925 to the Division of Botany at Grahamstown, curator Albany Museum Herbarium, at Royal Botanic Garden Kew 1931-1934, Dr. Sci. in 1937, at the National Herbarium Pretoria chief and director of the Pretoria Botanical Research Institute 1944-1950, in official retirement 1963, but served the institute until 1979, died 26 Oct 1987 at Johannesburg. **Abbreviated name**: *R.A. Dyer* \[standard form in IPNI: *R.A.Dyer*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PRE|PRE]], further material at [[Collection BOL|BOL]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]]. #### Biography and bibliography Barnhart 1: 489; BL 1: 29, 92, 294; Hortus 3: 1192; IH 2: 132, 174; Kew 2: 158-159; Plesch 216; Roon p. 33; TL-2/4: no. 8132; Zander ed. 10, p. 655, ed. 11, p. 745. #### Biofile - Anon., Kew Bull. 1934(9): 408. 17 Dec, 1937(2): 121. 10 Apr; The South African Forum botanicum 3(5): 1 Mai 1965; J. S. Afr. Bot. 37(1): \[1\]. 1971 (portr.); Brit. Cact. Succ. J. 6(1): 9. 1988. - Bullock, A.A., Kew Bull. 1956: 454. 1957 (honoring R.A. Dyer); Bibl. S. Afr. Bot. 32-36. 1978 (list of publications). - Codd, L.E., Aloe 18: 49-51. 1950; Bothalia 18(1): 131-133. 1988 (obituary, portr.); Taxon 38(3): 531-532. 1989; Trans. roy. Soc. S. Afr. 47(1): 109-110. 1989. - Downs, P.E., Brit. Cact. Succ. J. 10(4): 105-106. 1992 (portr.). - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 585 (index) 1984. - Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Bot. Explor. S. Afr. 143, 196. 1981 (portr., biogr.). - Hardy, D.S., Robert Allen Dyer, the botanist and the man, Cact. Succ. J. (U.S.A.) 52(6): 263. 1980 (portr.); Euphorbia J. 2: 12-13. 1984 (portr.). - Hunt Institution, Biogr. dict. portr. coll. 111. 1972. - Miller, A.G. et al., Studies Flora Arabia I., Notes roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 48. 1982. - Verdoorn, Inez, Diary of an expedition 1937. I Aloe 19: 49-50, II 71-74, III 107-109. 1982. IV 20: 28-29. 1982. - Vorster, P., Cycad Newsl. 11(2): 22-24. 1988 (portr.). - Walker, C.C., Asklepios 43: 97-98. 1988. - White, A. and B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae X, 66, 135 (on portr.), 137. 1933, ed. 2: 17 (index). 1937. #### Outside our period - (1) *Flora of Southern Africa* ed. R.A. Dyer, L.E. Codd & H.B. Rycroft, vol. 26. The first volume of a new series covering the Republic of South Africa, Basutoland, Swaziland and S.W. Africa, vii, 307 pp. – See Taxon 12: 302. 5 Nov 1963. - (2) The *genera of Southern African flowering plants*... Vol. 1. Dicotyledons, Republic of South Africa... Department of agricultural technical services, Botanical Research Institute, Flora of Southern Africa, Pretoria 1975, vii, 756 p. – See Taxon 25: 749. 1 Jun 1976. Vol. 2, xxiv, 472 p., Taxon 26: 114. 9 Mar 1977. - (3) Editor of *The flowering plants of South Africa* 25-36, see TL-2: no. 8132. #### Eponymy *Radyera* Bullock (Malvaceae), see ING 3: 1481. 1979. ### Publications ##### n.32.303. Huernia **Title** A new species of *Huernia* from *South-West Africa*... \[Records Albany Museum 1927\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Jul 1927 (in journal), p. \[468\]-469, *pl. 28* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BKL, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Albany Mus. 3(5): 468-469, *pl. 28.* 1927. ##### n.32.304. Cyperaceae **Title** Notes on the *Cyperaceae* of the *Albany* and *Bathurst* Divisions... \[Records Albany Museum... 1927\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Jul 1927 (in journal), p. \[470\]-483. *Copies*: BKL, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Albany Mus. 3(5): 470-483. 1927. ##### n.32.305. hybrid Euphorbia **Title** A supposed *hybrid Euphorbia*... Reprinted from "S.A. Journal of Natural History" ... 1930. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1930 (in journal), p. 414-416, *fig. 1-2* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: BR, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from S. Afr. J. nat. Hist. 6(5): 414-416, *fig. 1-2.* 1930. ##### n.32.306. Sutherlandia **Title** The genus *Sutherlandia* R. Br.... \[Revista Sudamericana de Botànica... 1934\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Edwin Percy Phillips (1884-1967), see TL-2/4: 240-241. *Publ*.: Jun 1934 (in journal), p. \[69\]-80. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rev. Sudamer. Bot. 1(3): 69-80. 1934. ##### n.32.307. Meloformia group **Title** Note on the *Meloformia group* of *Euphorbias*... \[Records Albany Museum... 1934 \[1935\]\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 13 Mai 1935 (in journal), p. \[254\]-255, *pl. 37* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: L, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Albany Mus. 4(2): 254-255, *pl. 37.* 1935. ##### n.32.308. seed germination **Title** The *seed germination* of certain species of *Euphorbia*... Reprinted from the South African Journal of Science... 1935. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1935 (date on p. 313, read 5 Jul 1935), p. 313-319. *Copies*: BKL, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from S. Afr. J. Sci. 32: 313-319. 1935. ##### n.32.309. vivipary **Title** A note on the occurrence of *vivipary* in *Haworthia truncata* Schonl.... Reprinted from the South African Journal of Science... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1937 (date on p. 335, read 5 Oct 1936), p. \[335\]-336. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from S. Afr. J. Sci. 33: 335-336. 1937. ##### n.32.310. vegetation **Title** The *vegetation* of the divisions of *Albany* and *Bathurst*... Pretoria (Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Division of plant industry) 1937. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veget. Albany Bathurst*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1937 (Nat. Nov. Jul 1938), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-138, 28 p. uncol. phot. *Copies*: BR, FAS(B), MO, NY, U. – Issued as Bot. Survey A. Afr. Mem. no. 17. 1937. *Ref*.: Hutchinson, J., Kew Bull. 1939(1): 40-41 (rev.). ##### n.32.311. Atalaya capensis **Title** *Atalaya capensis*: a new generic record for South Africa... Reprinted from the South African Journal of Science... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1937 (date on p. 214, read 5 Jul 1937), *pl. 1*, p. 214-217, *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from S. Afr. J. Sci. 34: 214-217. 1937. ##### n.32.312. Euphorbia fasciculata **Title** *Euphorbia fasciculata* Thunb. and E. Schoenlandii Pax... Reprinted from the South African Journal of Science... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1938 (date on p. 298, read 8 Jul 1938), p. 298-299, *pl. 1-2* (uncol. phot.). *Copy: *L. – Reprinted and to be cited from S. Afr. J. Sci. 35: 298-299, *pl. 1-2.* 1938. ##### n.32.313. flora **Title** The *flora* of *Tristan da Cunha*: H.M.S. Carlisle Expedition, 1937... Reprinted from "Bothalia"... \[1939\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1939 (in journal), p. 589-612. *Copies*: G, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bothalia 3(4): 589-612. 1939.