Botanikai Közlemények
Journal of the Botanical Section
of the Hungarian Biological Society
Botanikai Közlemények 104(2): 205–211 (2017)
Experiences of a long day in the feld with Gábor Fekete from Belsőbáránd to the Velence Hills
T. KALAPOS1, J. KÁLLAYNÉ SZERÉNYI2, J. TAMÁS3,
P. CSONTOS4 1Department of Plant
Systematics, Ecology and Teoretical Biology, Eötvös Loránd University;
H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1C;
kalapos@caesar.elte.hu Accepted: 17 September 2017 Key words: Belsőbáránd, Chlorocyperus glaber, loess grasslands, reminiscences Professor Gábor Fekete, the excellent
vegetation ecologist and pioneer of several ecological subdisciplines in
Hungary passed away in December 2016. The authors of this text recall a day
spent with him in the feld in August 1996. That time our research included
mapping surviving fragments of natural loess steppe grasslands in the
Mezőföld region of Hungary. Tus, our feld day’s frst stop was in such a
grassland stand at Belsőbáránd (Fejér County, Hungary) where we had
the opportunity to learn from Prof. Fekete about loess steppes, of
which he was a renowned expert. There he shared with us a detailed
comparison of loess and sand steppe grasslands. Te second stop of our feld
trip was in the Velence Hills, where a few days earlier we found again the
long-not-sighted rare C4 species Chlorocyperus glaber. The
occurrence originally was discovered by Gábor Fekete in 1953, as a new
species to the Hungarian flora. We learned that the enthusiasm of the young
botanist on the new find was somewhat cooled then by Ádám Boros, a senior
botanist of the time, who doubted the persistence of the population. Time
has proven the opposite: the population survives even today. Prof. Fekete
was not only an outstanding scientist but also an adept and warm-hearted
supporter of colleagues; he was ready to answer questions at any time and
his advices helped the research of generations of botanists. We take this
very last opportunity to express our deepest gratitude for all the help we
have received from him.
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