Genus Comptonanthus
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For professor Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979), the second director of the National Botanical Gardens of South Africa (1919–1953). He started the Journal of South African Botany in 1935. During his 34 years as director of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, he was also professor of botany at Cape Town University. His interests were mainly in taxonomy. After his retirement he settled in Swaziland where he produced An Annotated Checklist of the Flora of Swaziland. A prolific collector, he collected in excess of 35 000 specimens in his career. He was president of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science and received many awards and medals for his service to science, including an honorary DSc from the University of Cape Town.