In memóriám László Vajda ( )

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1 ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATION ALI S HUNGARICI Tomus 79. Budapest, 1987 p In memóriám László Vajda ( ) by M. RAJCZY, Budapest Senior of the Hungarian bryologists and plant photographers, László Vajda departed in the ninety-seventh year of his life on 2nd November, 1986 in Budapest. He was born in Budapest on the 28th of June After secondary school he started to work as a clerk in a bank. In 1913 he moved to Sóvár, a little town of contemporary Hungary (recently Solivar in Czechoslovakia), acting on the advice of his physicians. Here, wandering in the woods of the Carpathians, he became a naturalist, collected insects and plants, and made drawings and took photographs. Some years later he adopted his special field of interest, though still collecting insects, he studied mainly plants. The young amateur botanist discovered the interesting world of the cryptogamic plants, collecting, among others, bryophytes and lichens. He made more and more photographs on plants. After World War I he had to return to Budapest, thus from 1920 on he organized his holiday field trips first in the surroundings of the capital. His herbarium and phototheca grew bigger and bigger. The famous Hungarian botanist, Sándor Jávorka advised him where to go, what to look for.

2 Vajda took photographs and collected the vaucher specimens not only i n Hungary, but i n the neighbouring countries as well. Together w i t h his nephew, E r n ő Vajda, they published their best photographs i n a series entitled Flora photographica H u n g á r i á é from 1929 t i l l First he only demonstrated his new photographs and had accounts on his field trips on the meetings o f the Botanical Section o f the Hungarian Natural History Society, but from 1936 on he began to give lectures on his new floristical data, and regularly published his results. This is the time when he met the man, who gave h i m advices i n the field he had already liked f o r years, the bryology. This was a decisive event i n his life. The bryologist Á d á m Boros became his best friend and colleague afterwards. F r o m that time on László Vajda spent more and more time on the study of these little plants. W i t h i n years he became an excellent bryologist, specialist o f the tiny leafy liverworts, that he knew better, than any other Hungarian bryologist. I n 1952, when as a clerk he retired, he was appointed to a museologist's post i n the Botanical Department of the Hungarian N a t u r a l History Museum. A t last he had the possibility to devote all his time to bryology and to plant photo graphy, his scientific ambitions were finally on the way o f realization. Year by year he col lected a number o f bryophyte specimens i n Hungary, i n the Carpathians and even i n the Alps and i n Dalmatia. His last long field trip he had i n the age of 84 i n the Retyezát Mts. (Transylvanian Alps, Romania), where he climbed the 2400 m high ridge. I n his last years i n the Museum he worked on the new handbook o f the Hungarian bryoflora, written together w i t h his student, S á n d o r O r b á n. This book is a turning-point i n Hungarian bryology, the completion o f an era which can be named as the exploration o f Hungary bryologically. László Vajda had a long and fruitful life. I n his field trips and i n the gatherings o f other bryologists he found nearly 100 new species for the Hungarian bryoflora and several ones for the neighbouring countries. The original bryophyte collection, about 30,000 specimens, is kept i n the Botanical Department o f the Hungarian Natural History Museum (BP), the duplicate collection has got to the herbarium o f the H o Shi M i n h Teacher's College i n Eger ( E G R ). His valuable collection o f higher plants (containing many rarities and thus filling several gaps i n the herbarium) and his phototheca are kept i n BP as well. As a taxonomist, he described 24 new taxa (1 liverwort species amongst them) and 3 plant taxa are named after him. He wrote 74 scientific papers and several popular ones. I t is almost impossible to count all the publications illustrated by his photographs. I n 1985, he was awarded the Silver Med al, Order of W o r k for his botanical activities and the medal 'Pro Natura' f o r his activity on plant photography. LIST OF SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS BY L. VAJDA* 1. VAJDA, E. & VAJDA, L. ( ): Flora photographica Hungáriáé. Studium, Budapest, 400 plates. 2. VAJDA, L. (1936): Új adatok Magyarország növényzetéhez. Neue Angaben zur Flora Ungarns. Bot. Közi. 33: 215, 234 (Sitzungsbericht). 3. VAJDA, L. (1937): Újabb adatok Magyarország flórájához. (Weitere Beiträge zur Flora von Un garn.) Bot. Közi. 34: 77, 84 (Sitzungsbericht). 4. VAJDA. L. (1937) : Néhány adat Magyarország flórájának ismeretéhez. (Einige Beiträge zur Kennt nis der Flora von Ungarn.) Bot. Közl. 3 4 : 230 (in Hungarian). 5. VAJDA, L. (1941): Corydalis budensis L. Vajda = C. cavaxsolida, hybr. nov. Bot. Közl. 3 8 : 183 (in Hungarian with Latin description). * The list comprises all his scientific papers except those which appeared as abstracts ('Sitzungsberichte') o f his lectures on the meetings o f the Botanical Section and were published as separate papers afterwards.

3 6. VAJDA, L. (1943): Hieraciumok a Pareng és Retyezát hegységekből. (Hieracien aus den Gebirgen Pareng und Retyezát, Siebenbürgen.) Acta bot., Szeged 2: (in Hungarian and Latin). 7. VAJDA, L. (1943): A Centaurea variegata Lam. var. adscendens Bartl. egy új alakja Erdélyből. (Eine neue Forme von Centaurea variegata Lam. var. adscendens Barl, aus Siebenbürgen.) Acta bot., Szeged 2: (in Hungarian with Latin description). 8. VAJDA, L. (1943): Florisztikai adatok. (Floristische Beiträge.) Bot. Közl. 40: 136, 144 (Sitzungs bericht). 9. VAJDA, L. (1943): Florisztikai adatok. (Floristische Beiträge.) Bot. Közl. 40: (in Hun garian). 10. VAJDA, L. (1943): Új Carduus hybrid a Radnai havasokból. [A new Carduus hybrid from the Radnai Mts.] Ser. bot. mus. transsylvanici 2: (in Hungarian with Latin description). 11. VAJDA, L. (1943): Új Salvia-hybrid a kolozsvári Szénafüvekről. [A new Salvia hybrid from the locality Szénafüvek near Kolozsvár.] Scr. bot. mus. transsylvanici 2: (in Hungarian). 12. VAJDA, L. (1948) : Budapest környékének Scapania fajai. [Scapania species in the vicinity of Buda pest.] Bot. Közl. 44: (in Hungarian). 13. VAJDA, L. (1948): A Sátorhegység moháiról. [On the bryophytes of the Sátor Mts.] Bot. Közl. 44: (in Hungarian). 14. VAJDA, L. (1949): Újabb adatok a Sátorhegység moháinak ismeretéhez. (New data from the mosses of the Sátor mountains.) Borbásia 9: (in Hungarian with English abstract.) 15. VAJDA, L. (1949): Corydalis Zahlbruckneri Scheffer-ről és a Corydalis solida néhány alakjáról. (Corydalis Zahlbruckneri (C. solida XC. pumila) and new forms of Corydalis solida.) Borbásia 9: (in Hungarian with English abstract). 16. VAJDA, L. (1949): Moharitkaságok a Buda-Pilisi hegységből és néhány florisztikai adat. (Moss rarities and a few floristical data of the Buda-Pilis mountains.) Borbásia 9: (in Hunga rian with English abstract.) 17. VAJDA, L. (1953): Neuere Beiträge und bryogeographische Beobachtungen zur Moosflora U n garns. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 45 (ser. n. 4) : BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1953): Ergänzungen zur Moosflora der Umgebung von Budapest und des Buda-Pilisgebirges. - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 44 (ser. n. 3) : VAJDA, L. (1954): A Lycopodiumok hazai elterjedéséhez. (Zur Verbreitung der Lycopodium-Arten in Ungarn.) Annls biol. Univ. Hung. 2: (in Hungarian with German summary). 20. VAJDA, L. (1954): A Vácrátóti Botanikai Kutató Intézet természetvédelmi parkjának mohái. (Die Moose i m Naturschutzparke des Botanisches Forschungsinstitutes von Vácrátót.) Bot. Közl. 45: (in Hungarian with German summary). 21. VAJDA, L. (1955): Plagiothecium densifolium (Lindb.) Broth, in Ungarn. Mitt. thüring. bot. Ges. 1 (2/3): BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1955): Für die Flora Ungarns neue und interessante Moose. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 47 (ser. n. 6): VAJDA, L. (1956): Fissidens algarvicus Solms Laubach aus dem Börzsönygebirge (Mittelungarn). Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 48 (ser n. 7) : VAJDA, L. (1956): Frullania inflata Gottsche in Ungarn. Revue bryol. lichen. 25: VAJDA, L. (1957): Bryologische Notizen I. 1. Zygodon viridissimus (Dicks.) R. Br. in Börzsöny gebirge. 2. Die Verbreitung von Catharinaea Haussknechtii (Jur. & Milde) Broth, in Ungarn. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 49 (ser. n. 8): VAJDA, L. (1957): Frullania inflata Gottsche =» F. cleistostoma Schiffner et Wollny felfedezése Magyarországon. (Über die Entdeckung der mediterrane Frullania inflata Gottsche = F. cleis tostoma Schiffner et Wollny bei dem Balatonsee.) Bot. Közl. 47: (in Hungarian). 27. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1957): A Bakony és a Balatonfelvidék sphagnumos lápjai. (Die sphagnumreiche Moore des Bakony-Gebirges und des Balaton-Oberlandes.) Annls Inst. biol. Tihany 24: (in Hungarian with German summary). 28. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1957) : Der systematische Wert von Tortula obtusifolia Schleich. Revue bryol. liehen. 26: VAJDA, L. (1958): Fissidens kosaninii Latzel dans la Montagne Börzsöny en Hongrie. Revue bryol. lichen. 27: BOROS, Á., FELFÖLDY, L. & VAJDA, L. (1958): A Tihanyi-félsziget mohaflórája. (Die Moosflora der Halbinsel Tihany (West-Ungarn, am Balatonsee). Annls Inst. biol. Tihany 25: (in Hungarian with German summary). 31. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1958): Für die Flora Ungarns neue und interessante Moose. I I. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 50 (ser. n. 9): BOROS, Á., VAJDA, L. & SZ.-LACZA, J. (1958): A Börzsöny-hegység néhány érdekes növénye. (Einige interessante Pflanzen des Börzsöny-Gebirges.) Bot. Közl. 47: (in Hungarian with German summary.)

4 33. VAJDA, L. (1959): Moose aus Griechenland. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 51: VAJDA, L. (1959): Az Alpok flóratörténetéről. [On the flora history of the Alps.] Földr. Közl. 83: (in Hungarian). 35. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1959) : Phytogeography of the Börzsöny mountains in the light of Mosses. I n : MAUCHA, R. (ed.): Proceedings of the third meeting of the Hungarian Biological Society. Acta biol. hung. Suppl. 3: VAJDA, L. (1960): Bryologische Notizen I I. 1. Splachnobryum wrightii C. Müller in den Thermen in Eger. 2. Frullania jackii Gottsche in der Moosflora Ungarns. 3. Die in Ungarn vorkommenden Arten der Gattung Nardia. 4. Marsupella emarginata (Ehrh.) D u Mort., Marsupella hungarica Boros & Vajda und Marsupella sprucei (Limpr.) Bernet im Börzsönygebirge (Mittelungarn). Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 52: VAJDA, L. ( ) : Prinos km mkhovata flora na Blgarija. (Beitrag zur Moosfíora Bulgariens.) Izv. bot. Inst., Sofia 7: (in Bulgarian with German summary). 38. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1960) : Für die Flora Ungarns neue und interessante Moose. I I I. Annls hist.-nat.. Mus. natn. hung. 52: BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1960): Marsupella hungarica Boros et Vajda nov. spec. Revue, bryol. lichen. 29: VAJDA, L. (1961): Bryologische Notizen I I I. Seltene Arten der Gattung Cephaloziella in Ungarn. Die Moosflora einer tiefen Wasserrinne am Dolomitberge Nagyszénás. Die Verbreitung einiger seltenen Leber- und Laubmoose in Ungarn. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 53: BOROS, Á., SMARDA, J., SZWEYKOWSKI, J. & VAJDA, L. ( ) : Bryogeographische Beobachtungen der X I I. IPE in der Tschechoslowakei. In : L Ü D I, W. (ed.) : Die Pflanzenwelt der Tschechoslo wakei. Veröjf. geobot. Inst., Zürich 36: KÁRPÁTI, I. & VAJDA, L. ( ) : Beiträge zur Moosflora Albaniens. Fragmenta bot. Mus. hist, nat. hung. 1: VAJDA, L. (1962) : Die Verbreitung einiger seltenen Leber- u. Laubmoose in Ungarn. Fragmenta bot. Mus. hist.-nat. hung. 2: BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1962): Bryogeographische Daten zur Flora der Slowakei. Biológia, Bratislava 17: BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1963): The phylogeny of mosses in a new light. I n : TÖRŐ, I. (ed.): Proceedings of the fifth meeting of the Hungarian Biological Society. Acta biol. hung. Suppl. 5: BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1963): A Bakony dolomitjának mohaföldrajza. (Moosgeographie des Dolomits vom Bakony.) Veszprém megyei Múz. Közl. 1: (in Hungarian with German summary). 47. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1965): A mohák törzsfejlődéstani kérdései. [The evolutionary questions of bryophytes.] Őslénytani viták (Budapest) 5: (in Hungarian). 48. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1965): A Bakony bazalthegyeinek mohaföldrajza. (Die Moosgeographie der Basaltberge des Bakonywaldes.) Veszprém megyei Múz. Közl. 4 : (in Hungarian with German summary.) 49. Kuc, M., VAJDA, L. & Pócs, T. (1965): Két bulgáriai tanulmányút mohagyűjtéseinek eredményei. Mosses collected during two study-tours in Bulgaria 1959 and Bot. Közl. 52: VAJDA, L. (1966): A Coscinodon cribrosus, Magyarország mohaflórájának új tagja. (Coscinodon cribrosus, ein neues Glied der ungarischen Moosflora.) Fragmenta bot. Mus. hist.-nat. hung. 4 : (in Hungarian with German summary) VAJDA, L. (1966): A Börzsöny hegység mohaflórája. (Die Moosflora des Börzsönygebirges.) Fragmenta bot. Mus. hist.-nat. hung. 4 : (in Hungarian with German summary). 52. VAJDA, L. (1966): Über Höhlenbewohnende Moose. Int. J. Speleol. 2: BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1966): Für die Flora Ungarns neue und interessante Moose. IV. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 58: VAJDA, L. (1968): A Timmiella anomala (Br. eur.) Limpricht új termőhelye Jugoszláviában. (Neuer Standort von Timmiella anomala (Br. eur.) Limpricht in Jugoslawien.) Fragmenta bot. Mus. hist.-nat. hung. 6: (in Hungarian with German summary). 55. VAJDA, L. (1968) : A Szigligeti Arborétum mohái. (Die Moose des Arboretums Szigliget.) Veszp rém megyei Múz. Közl. 7: (in Hungarian with German summary). 56. BOROS, A. & VAJDA, L. (1967): Bryologische Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Flora Transsilvaniens. Revue bryol. liehen. 35: BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1968): A Bakony hegység lápjainak mohaföldrajza. (Moosgeographie der Moorgebiete des Bakony-Gebirges.) Veszprém megyei Múz. Közl. 7: (in Hungarian with German summary). 58. VAJDA, L. (1969): A Sátorhegység mohaflórája. (Die Moosflora des Sátorgebirges.) Fragmenta bot. Mus. hist.-nat. hung. 7: (in Hungarian with German summary).

5 59. VAJDA, L. (1969): A magyarországi leveles májmohák határozókulcsa. Jungermanniae acrogynae. (Bestimmungstabelle der beblätterten Lebermoose. Jungermanniae acrogynae.) Fragmenta bot. Mus. hist.-nat. hung. 7: (in Hungarian with German summary). 60. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1969): Bryoflora Carpathorum Septentrionali-Orientaliorum. Revue bryol. lichen. 36: BOROS, Á., VAJDA, L. & DEBRECZY, ZS. (1969): Adatok Herkulesfürdő és a Kazán-szoros mohaflórájának ismeretéhez. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Moosflora von Herkulesbad und des Kasan passes. Bot. Közl. 5 6 : BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1970): Für die Flora Ungarns neue und interessanta Moose. V. Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 62: VAJDA, L. (1971): Bryologiai közlemények Három új mohafaj Magyarország flórájában. 2. Cephaloziella massalongoi (Spr.) K. Müller a Magas-Tátrában. (Bryologische Mitteilungen Drei neue Moosarten in der Flora Ungarns. 2. Cephaloziella massalongoi (Spr.) K. Müller in der Hohen Tatra.) Bot. Közl. 58: (in Hungarian with detailed German summary). 64. VAJDA, L. (1973): Une Mousse arctique dans les montagnes de Bihar en Roumanie. Revue bryol. lichen. 39: VAJDA, L. (1973): Prof. Dr. Ádám Boros ( ). Revue bryol. lichen. 39: Kiss, E., BORHIDI, A. & VAJDA, L. (1973) : Sphagnum fajok előfordulása a Velencei tavon. (Sphagnum-Arten am Velenceer See.) Bot. Közl. 60: (in Hungarian with German summary). 67. BOROS, Á. & VAJDA, L. (1974): Bryogeographische Forschungen i m Karstgebiet des Bihargebirges. Acta bot. hung. 20: VAJDA, L. (1975): Bryologische Notizen I V. 1. Mnium blyttii ER. EUR. in den Südkarpaten. 2. Neue Daten zur Moosgeographie Ungarns. 3. Fissidens exiguus SULL. neu für Ungarn. Studio bot. hung. 10: BAKALÁR, S., ORBÁN, S., Pócs, T., SUBA, J. & VAJDA, L. (1975): Adatok a Tarnavidék moha flórájához. (Data to the moss flora of the Tarna county.) Studio bot. hung. 10:11 l - l 14 (in Hun garian with English abstract). 70. VAJDA, L. & ORBÁN, S. (1975): Vorarbeiten zur Moosflora des Semenic-Gebirges. Studio bot. hung. 10: VAJDA, L. (1980): A Marsupella hungarica Boros et Vajda leírásának érvényessé tétele. Die Gel tendmachung der Beschreibung von Marsupella hungarica. Bot. Közl. 67: VAJDA, L. (1981) : Erneute Validation der Beschreibung von Marsupella hungarica Boros et Vajda. Studio bot. hung. 15: VAJDA, L. (1981): Neue Daten zu der Moosflora des Bükkgebirges. Studia bot. hung. 1 5 : ORBÁN, S. & VAJDA, L. (1983): Magyarország mohaflórájának kézikönyve. [The handbook of the Hungarian bryoflora.] Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, pp. 518 (in Hungarian). 75. VAJDA, L. (1984): Flora Photographica Carpato-Pannonica. Képzőművészeti Kiadó, Buda pest, pp. 154 (in Hungarian, text by I. Rácz, Zs. Debreczy and F. Németh). T A X A DESCRIBED BY L. VAJDA CarduusX Jávorkae L. Vajda (C. nutansxcouinus) (9) C.Xradnensis L. Vajda (C. transsilvanicusxacanthoides) (10) Centaurea variegata Lam. var. adscendens Bartl. f. Wagneri L. Vajda (7) CorydalisXbudensis L. Vajda (C. cavaxsolida) (5) C. solida var. grandibracteata L. Vajda (15) C. solida var. latisecta L. Vajda (15) Hieracium bifidum Kit. ssp. auroluteum Degen et Z. 3. glabrifolium Vajda et Kováts (6) H. caesiogenum Wolosz. et Z. ssp. eu-caesiogenum Z. b. Gurae-Zlatae Vajda et Kováts (6) H. Djimilense (Boiss.) Z. ssp. Balcanum (Uechtr.) Z. b. septentrionale Vajda et Kováts (6) H. Djimilense (Boiss.) Z. ssp. Guertleri Nyárády et Z. b. glandulosius Z. 2. Paradoxum Vajda et Kováts (6) H. Fritzei F. Sch. ssp. pinetophiloides Vajda et Kováts (6) H. Guthnickianum Heg. et Heer ssp. Corvini Vajda et Kováts (6) H. Guthnickianum Heg. et Heer ssp. roxolaniciforme Vajda et Kováts (6) H. nigrescens Willd. ssp. Mlinicae Hruby et Z. 2. uniflorum Vajda et Kováts (6) H. nigrescens Willd. ssp. parciglanduliforme Pawl, et Z. 2. robustum Vajda et Kováts (6) H. nigrescens Willd. ssp. stellulatum Z. c. Orientale Vajda et Kováts (6) H. praecurrens Vukot. ssp. trachysetum (Borb.) Z. c. floccosum Vajda et Kováts (6)

6 H. pseudobifidum Schur, ssp. Fogarasinum Degen et Z. b. glandulosius Vajda et Kováts (6) H. Retyezatense Degen et Z. ssp. sparsulum Degen et Z. Z. b. subsparsulum Vajda et Kováts (6) H. Retyezatense Degen et Z. ssp. subatratiforme Neiceff et Z. 4. Transylvaniae Vajda et Kováts 1943.(6) H. stoloniflorum W. et K. ssp. eu-stoloniflorum Z. 6b) 4. parviceps Vajda et Kováts (6) H. transsilvanicum Heuff. ssp. eutranssilvanicum Z. a. normale Z. 4. floccosum Vajda et Kováts 1943.(6) Marsupella hungarica Boros et Vajda (39) SalviaxSoói L. Vajda (S. pratensisxnemorosaxnutans) (11) TAXA NAMED IN HONOUR OF L. VAJDA Campanula vajdae Pénzes Corydalis solida (L.) Clairville subsp. vajdae Soó Verbascumx vajdae Boros (V. speciosumxthapsiformc) A SELECTION OF SCIENTIFIC WORKS PARTLY ILLUSTRATED BY L. VAJDA AUGUSTIN, B., JÁVORKA, S., GIOVANNINI, R. & ROM, P. (1949): Magyar gyógynövények. [Hungarian medicinal plants.] Földművelési Minisztérium, Budapest. 107 photographs. HEGI, G. & SUESSENGUTH, K. (1939): Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. 2. Auflage, Bd. II. J. F. Lehmann, München Berlin, 14 photographs. JÁVORKA, S. & CsAPODY, V. ( ): Iconographia Florae Hungáriáé. Studium, Budapest. 37 photographs. Author's address: DR. MIKLÓS RAJCZY Botanical Department Hungarian Natural History Museum Budapest, pf. 222 H-1476 Hungary Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung., 79, /2794 Franklin Nyomda - Múzsák