Species Stayneria littlewoodii

For Frank James Stayner (1907–1981), South African horticulturist, specialist on succulent plants, trained with the Port Elizabeth parks department from 1928 to 1932 and at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew from 1933–1934. He was assistant superintendent of parks in the Port Elizabeth parks department from 1935–1946, farmed from 1947–1948, and worked as a horticulturalist for Ford Motor Company from 1949–1954. He farmed again in 1955, was with the parks department again from 1956–1959, and was curator of the (newly named) Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden at Worcester from 1959–1969.