Madhavan Parameswaran Nayar, Indian botanist (Nagercoil, Travancore State 27 January 1932 – Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala State 09 December 2016)
Authored about 250 scientific papers and 25 books
DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA
Valid Genera (Melastomataceae)
Neodriessenia 1977
Pseudodissochaeta 1969
Tayloriophyton 1968
Species and others
77 species, 20 varieties and one subspecies
HONORS
Nayariophyton Paul 1988 (Malvaceae)