Biography
Robert Harold Compton, English-born South African botanist (Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England 06 August 1886 – Cape Town 11 July 1979)
DESCRIBED PLANT TAXA
Valid Genera
Alatoseta 1931 (Asteraceae)
Arachnocalyx 1935 (Ericaceae)
Austrotaxus 1922 (Taxaceae)
Cromidon 1931 (Selaginaceae)
Dymondia 1953 (Asteraceae)
Eremiella 1953 (Ericaceae)
Globulariopsis 1931 (Scrophulariaceae)
Silicularia 1953 (Brassicaceae)
Urgineopsis 1930 (Liliaceae)
Species
188 new
HONORS
Comptonella Baker f. 1921 (Rutaceae)