Ronald Stewart Byles
Ronald Stewart Byles ( 1923 - 1989 ) was a British cactus collector. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Byles ".
Live and act
Ronald Byles was one of the first members of the London branch of the National Cactus & Succulent Society , which existed from 1945 to 1982 , one of the two forerunners of today's British Cactus and Succulent Society . For many years, as its chairman, he was responsible for organizing numerous exhibitions, including the 1953 meeting of the International Organization for Succulent Research in London. In 1956 Byles became a member of this society. In the early 1960s, he withdrew from all activities of the cactus and succulent society for reasons unknown.
Byles' series of articles A Dictionary of Genera and Subgenera of Cactaceae , published in the National Cactus and Succulent Journal from 1954 to 1956 , was published in book form in 1957. Together with his childhood friend Gordon Douglas Rowley , he established the genus Pilosocereus .
The cactus species Pygmaeocereus bylesianus (Syn .: Arthrocereus bylesianus ) was named after Ronald Byles .
Fonts (selection)
- A Dictionary of Genera and Subgenera of Cactaceae . National Cactus & Succulent Society, Nottingham 1957.
literature
- Gordon D. Rowley : Ronald Byles - Who Was He? In: British Cactus & Succulent Journal . 1994, Vol. 12, pp. 131-132 ( JSTOR 42793227 ).
Individual evidence
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Ronald Stewart Byles at the IPNI
- Byles, Ronald Stewart (fl. 1957)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Byles, Ronald Stewart |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Byles, Ronald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cactus specialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1923 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1989 |