Gyula Gáyer (16 February 1883, in Kiscell,

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– 13 June 1932, in

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, Hungary) was a Hungarian

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, lawyer, and judge. His early education was at

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. At the age of ten, Gáyer came to

, where he became a pupil of the

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grammar school. He finished high school in

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. From 1904, he continued his studies at the university in

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

, 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 ''Aconitum napellus'', monkshood, aconite, Venus' chariot or wolfsbane, is a species of highly toxic flowering plant in the genus ''Aconitum'' of the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central Europe. It is an herbaceous pere ...

.'' Several plants bear his name: * (

Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as ''Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, e ...

) '' Tithymalus × gayeri'' ( Boros & Soó)

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* (

Rhamnaceae The Rhamnaceae are a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs, and some vines, commonly called the buckthorn family. Rhamnaceae is included in the order Rosales. The family contains about 55 genera and 950 species. The Rhamnaceae h ...

) '' 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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gayer, Gyula 1883 births 1932 deaths People from Celldömölk 20th-century Hungarian botanists 20th-century Hungarian lawyers Hungarian judges