Geneva Sayre

Geneva Sayre (June 12, 1911, Guthrie Center, Iowa – May 26, 1992, Northampton, Massachusetts) was an American bryologist and bibliographer. She "pioneered bibliographical and historical bryology, a new field in the study, evaluation, and organization of the literature of bryology." In 1981 her friends and colleagues established the Geneva Sayre Fund to support visiting scholars studying at the Farlow Herbarium.

As a bryologist, Sayre was a leading expert on the moss genus Grimmia. In order to clarify the taxonomic nomenclature of the mosses, in 1959 she privately published Dates of Publications Describing Musci, 1801-1821. ) for lifetime achievement in bryology.

At the end of WW II she organized the sending of food, clothes, money, books, and scientific equipment to distressed bryologists in Germany and other European countries.

Selected publications 106 pp. 102 pages iii+117 pages