Species Rabiea comptonii
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Etymology of Rabiea:
Probably for William (Bill) Abbot Rabie (1869–1936), South African farmer and plant collector. His family farm, Groenkloof, was just outside Fauresmith, the second-oldest town in southern Free State. He was the second of four brothers who all went to Grey College in Bloemfontein, the third-oldest school in South Africa. After leaving school, he worked on the farm for 30 years. In 1899, the South African War broke out, and after joining the republican forces, Rabie was taken captive and sent to the Amritsar camp for prisoners of war in Punjab State, India, close to Lahore. After the war in 1902, he took up farming again at the family farm. He had to rebuild the house and lived there until his death in 1936. He served on numerous committees and was a popular public speaker in the local community, serving as an active deacon in the church. As a farmer, he must have had an interest in nature, and it is known that other members of his family did. In 1926, the plant Salsola rabieana (Amaranthaceae) was named after him, and later, in 1930, the genus Rabiea was also named after him.
Etymology of comptonii:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
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