James A. Compton (1953– ), British botanist.

IPNI standard form: J.Compton

Taxon names authored

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• 14 taxon names authored by James A. Compton

Publications

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• Compton, J.A. 1994. Salvia darcyi: Labiatae. Kew Magazine 11(2): 52–55. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8748.1994.tb00406.x JSTOR Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A., Culham, A., Gibbings, G.J. & Jury, S.L. 1998. Phylogeny of Actaea including Cimicifuga (Ranunculaceae) inferred from nrDNA ITS sequence variation. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 26(2): 185–197. DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00102-6 Academia Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A., Culham, A. & Jury, S.L. 1998. Reclassification of Actaea to include Cimicifuga and Souliea (Ranunculaceae): phylogeny inferred from morphology, nrDNA ITS, and cpDNA trnL-F sequence variation. Taxon 47(3): 593–634. DOI: 10.2307/1223580 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. & Culham, A. 2002. Phylogeny and circumscription of tribe Actaeeae (Ranunculaceae). Systematic Botany 27(3): 502–511. DOI: 10.1043/0363-6445-27.3.502 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. 2004. Typification of Cyclamen creticum Hildebr. A new combination, C. creticum f. erubescens. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 28(1): 32–33. Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. & Culham, A. 2005. Neotypification of Cyclamen balearicum Willk. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 29(2): 54–56. Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A., Culham, A. & Sparkes, B. 2008. Typification of some Cyclamen names. Cyclamen, J. Cyclamen Soc. 32(1): 22–30. Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. & Lack, H.W. 2012. The discovery, naming and typification of Wisteria floribunda and W. brachybotrys (Fabaceae) with notes on associated names. Willdenowia 42(2): 219–240. DOI: 10.3372/wi.42.42207 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. & Thijsse, G. 2013. The type of Wisteria japonica (Fabaceae): Research into material for new names published in the first section of Siebold and Zuccarini’s Flora Japonica. Willdenowia 43(1): 113–120. DOI: 10.3372/wi.43.43113 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. 2015. The genus Wisteria Nuttall: Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Curtis's Botanical Magazine 32(3–4): 183–192. DOI: 10.1111/curt.12110 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. 2015. A vignette of botany in the age of enlightenment: The story of Catesby’s climber or the Carolina kidney-bean tree, Wisteria frutescens Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Curtis's Botanical Magazine 32(3–4): 193–247. DOI: 10.1111/curt.12111 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. 2015. Wisteria sinensis on the slow boat from China: The journey of Wisteria to England. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 32(3–4): 248–293. DOI: 10.1111/curt.12112 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. 2015. Wisteria brachybotrys: Leguminosae (Fabaceae). Curtis's Botanical Magazine 32(3–4): 294–311. DOI: 10.1111/curt.12113 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. & Thijsse G. 2015. Wisteria floribunda with the tortuous tale of the Japanese Wisteria with the longest racemes. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 32(3–4): 312–356. DOI: 10.1111/curt.12114 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 125: 1–112. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877 . Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. & Lane, C. 2019. Wisteria. The Complete Guide. (RHS horticultural monograph 3). Royal Horticultural Society Peterborough, London. ISBN 978-1-907057-88-5 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. & Skinner, M.W. 2021. The history and typification of Lilium humboldtii J.H.Krelage (Liliaceae). PhytoKeys 182: 39–55. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.182.70099 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. 2022. The history and typification of Lilium brownii A.Lemoinier (Liliaceae). PhytoKeys 195: 29–62. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.195.81755 Reference page. 
• Compton, J.A. 2022. (2855) Proposal to conserve the name Lilium humboldtii against L. puberulum (Liliaceae). Taxon 71(1): 231–232. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12669 Reference page.