Robert Allen Dyer

Robert Allen Dyer (21 September 1900 in Pietermaritzburg – 26 October 1987 in Johannesburg) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, working particularly on Amaryllidaceae and succulent plants, contributing to and editing of Bothalia and Flowering Plants of Africa and holding the office of Director of the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria from 1944 to 1963.

For persons of a similar name, see Robert Dyer (disambiguation).
Robert Allen Dyer
Born(1900-09-21)21 September 1900
Pietermaritzburg, South African Republic
Died26 October 1987(1987-10-26) (aged 87)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Alma materNatal University College
Known forPretoria National Botanic Garden, work on succulent plants and Amaryllidaceae
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, taxonomy
InstitutionsNational Herbarium in Pretoria
Author abbrev. (botany)R.A.Dyer
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