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Index of Botanists

NameBarad, Gerald Samuel
Date of birth1923
Remarks"US physician, gynecologist, horticulturist, botanist, photographer & lecturer in New Jersey; BS in zoology at Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY 1947; he & spouse crowned king & queen of Cactus Nuts at their first CSSA convention in Phoenix 1949; founding member & first pres of NY C&S Soc 1950; MD at NY Univ-Bellevue Medical Center 1952; explored in US, Mex, Kenya, Canary Islands, RSA, India, Namibia, Somalia, Togo, Sudan, Western Australia & Mada; researched on mechanisms of pollination in Stapeliads; IOS member 1980; CSSA Fellow 1981 & pres 1990-93; CSSA Special Service award 1995; spouse Beatrice [Bea] Mariam [née Krival] Barad" (vide Charles J. Staples (Email message)). [author note: Herbarium and types: HNT, P] [collector note: col. with J. J. Lavranos, G. James, M. Kimanch & S. Linden; HNT, P]
ASA Botanist ID127001 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6744e242-2c7e-4a24-a544-6025085d2c22
Variant nameDr. G. S. (Jerry) Barad
Variant nameGerald Samuel Barad
Author nameBarad
B & P Author Abbrev.Barad
Standard/Label NameG. S. Barad
Full NameBarad, Gerald Samuel
Geography AuthorMadagascar,  Yemen
Geography CollectorMadagascar,  Yemen
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Authorpers. comm. from B. F. Bates
Citation as Author
Citation as CollectorCact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 73(1): 44. 2001
Member of teams/groups
Collector Teams:D. C. H. Plowes & G. S. Barad  J. J. Lavranos, G. S. Barad, G. James, M. Kimnach & S. Linden 

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