Edwin Cheel

Australian botanist (1872-1951).

Edwin Cheel (14 February 1872 – 19 September 1951) was an Australian botanist and collector. Before being appointed as a staff member of Centennial Park in 1897 he was a gardener in New South Wales and Queensland. Later he transferred to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. In 1908 he joined the National Herbarium, and was appointed Chief Botanist and Curator from 1933 to 1936. He described plants in the Myrtle family such as Melaleuca howeana. Apart from the myrtles, his other main botanic interest were the lichens. He traveled extensively in collection of botanical specimens, which are lodged

Abbreviations: Cheel
Occupations: botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Australia
Languages: English
Dates: 1872-00-00T00:00:00Z – 1951-09-19T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Chartham
Direct attributions: 35 plants, 23 fungi
Authorship mentions: 47 plants, 33 fungi

35 plants attributed, 12 plants contributed to47 plants:

Melaleuca alternifolia (Teatree) (Maiden & Betche) Cheel 1924
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Melaleuca alternifolia, commonly known as tea tree, is a species of tree or tall shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Endemic to Australia, it occurs in southeast Queensland and the north coast and adjacent ranges of New South Wales where it grows along streams and on swampy flats, and is often the dominant species where it occurs.
Telopea mongaensis (Braidwood Waratah) Cheel 1947
plant species in the proteaceae family
Telopea mongaensis, commonly known as the Monga waratah or Braidwood waratah, is a shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae. Endemic to Australia, it grows at high altitude in south eastern New South Wales, where it is often seen in moist areas at the edge of rainforest or by streams in eucalyptus forests. Growing to 6 m (20 ft) high, it has narrow green leaves 4–18 cm (1.6–7.1 in) in length, and 0.5–2 cm (0.20–0.79 in) wide. In spring bears many red flowerheads, each made up of 28 to 65 individual flowers. In the garden, T. mongaensis grows in soils with good drainage and ample moisture
Melaleuca howeana (Lord Howe Island Tea Tree) Cheel 1924
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Melaleuca howeana, commonly known as tea tree, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Lord Howe Island group, 600 km (400 mi) off the east coast of Australia. It is common in exposed areas, on cliffs and ridges, occasionally forming pure stands. Its closest mainland relative is Melaleuca ericifolia.
Boronia muelleri (Pink Boronia) Cheel 1924
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia muelleri, commonly known as the forest boronia or pink boronia, is a flowering plant that occurs in forest, woodland and heath in Victoria and New South Wales in Australia. It is an erect, woody shrub or small tree with pinnate leaves and up to fifteen pink to white four-petalled flowers arranged in leaf axils in spring and summer.
Acacia filicifolia (Fern-leaved Wattle) Cheel & M.B.Welch 1932
plant species in the fabaceae family
Acacia filicifolia, commonly known as fern-leaved wattle, is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae and is native to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or tree with compound leaves resembling fern fronds, and spherical heads of yellow or bright yellow flowers from autumn to late spring. It is a common and widespread species, especially on the coast and tablelands of New South Wales.
Melaleuca nervosa (Fibrebark) (Lindl.) Cheel 1945
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Melaleuca nervosa, commonly known as fibrebark, is a shrub or tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria use the name Callistemon nervosus.) It is a narrow-leaved, tropical paperbark with yellow-green and red-flowering forms. As with some other melaleucas, this species has many uses to Indigenous Australians.
Diploglottis campbellii (Small-leaved Tamarind) Cheel 1923
plant species in the sapindaceae family
Diploglottis campbellii is a rainforest tree northern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland. Growing to 30 metres tall, it is commonly known as the small-leaved tamarind. It is rare and threatened and is restricted to a small number of sites, each with a maximum of 3 trees per site. However, it is readily available from nurseries in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales, and in south-eastern Queensland. It has soft hairy new growth that becomes hairless with age. It has a grey brown trunk, the outer surface of live bark is green with orange to brown blotches, leaves 10–35 cm long,
Callistemon comboynensis (Cliff Bottlebrush) Cheel 1943
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Melaleuca comboynensis, commonly known as cliff bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon comboynensis.) It is usually a shrub, similar to Melaleuca citrina with its hard leaves, spikes of red flowers and clusters of cup-shaped fruits but differs in that its leaves are generally wider and its habitat is usually rocky outcrops rather than along watercourses.
Melaleuca groveana (Grove's Paper Bark) Cheel & C.T.White 1924
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Melaleuca groveana, commonly known as Grove's paperbark is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is an uncommon species with relatively large heads of white flowers in spring, the styles of which are significantly longer than the stamens.
Melaleuca capitata Cheel 1924
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Melaleuca capitata is a shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It has scaly bark, a densely foliaged habit and attractive heads of creamy-yellow flowers on the ends of its branches in summer.
Leptospermum sphaerocarpum Cheel 1931
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Leptospermum sphaerocarpum is a species of shrub that is endemic to New South Wales. It has thin, firm bark, elliptical, sharply-pointed leaves, greenish white or pink flowers and fruit that remain on the plant at maturity.
Leptospermum semibaccatum (Gaudium Semibaccatum) Cheel 1931
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Gaudium semibaccatum is a species of low, dense shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has egg-shaped to narrow elliptical leaves with a blunt tip, white or pink flowers and hairy, flat-topped fruit that falls from the plant shortly after the seeds are released. It grows in poorly-drained soil in coastal heath.
Leptospermum epacridoideum Cheel 1920
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Leptospermum epacridoideum is a species of plant that is endemic to a restricted area of the South Coast of New South Wales. It is a bushy shrub with compact bark, elliptical to more or less circular leaves, white flowers arranged singly on short axillary side shoots, and woody fruit.
Leptospermum coriaceum (Green Teatree) (F.Muell. & F.Muell.) Cheel & Cheel 1923
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Gaudium coriaceum, commonly known as green tea-tree or mallee teatree, is a shrub species that is endemic to south-eastern and south-central Australia. It has smooth bark on the younger stems, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves, white flowers and woody fruit. The usual habitat is mallee on sand dunes.
Homoranthus wilhelmii (Eastern Feather-flower) Cheel 1922
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Homoranthus wilhelmii, commonly known as the eastern feather flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a small, spreading shrub with cylindrical to flattened leaves and white or pink flowers arranged in corymbs on the ends of branchlets. The distribution includes an area on the Yorke Peninsula, but it is most common on the southern Eyre Peninsula.
Homoranthus darwinioides (Maiden & Betche) Cheel 1922
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Homoranthus darwinioides, commonly known as fairy bells, is a species of flowering plant in the family, Myrtaceae. It is a small, spreading shrub with pendulous yellow and pink flowers, grey-green leaves and is endemic to New South Wales.
Boronia safrolifera Cheel 1924
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia safrolifera, commonly known as safrole boronia, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, woody shrub with pinnate leaves that have up to nineteen leaflets, and white to pink, four-petalled flowers.
Leptospermum whitei (Aggreflorum Ellipticum) Cheel 1931
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Aggreflorum ellipticum is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has fibrous, flaky bark, elliptical leaves, white flowers arranged in small groups on the ends of short side branches, and fruit that falls from the plant when mature.
Leptospermum microcarpum (Gaudium Microcarpum) Cheel 1923
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Gaudium microcarpum is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has elliptical to lance-shaped leaves with a sharp point on the tip, white flowers and small fruit that falls from the plant shortly after the seeds are released.
Callistemon subulatus Cheel 1925
plant species in the myrtaceae family
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Callistemon acuminatus Cheel 1911
plant species in the myrtaceae family
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Boronia subulifolia (Awl-leaved Boronia) Cheel 1927
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia subulifolia is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-eastern New South Wales in Australia. It is an erect, woody shrub with pinnate leaves with mostly linear leaflets, and light to deep pink, four-petalled flowers in the leaf axils or on the ends of the branches.
Boronia ruppii Cheel 1927
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia ruppii, commonly known as Rupp's boronia, is a species of plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in New South Wales. It is a shrub with hairy branches, simple and trifoliate leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers in the leaf axils. It only grows around the abandoned Woodsreef asbestos mine.
Boronia glabra (Sandstone Boronia) (Maiden & Betche) Cheel 1928
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia glabra, commonly known as sandstone boronia, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect or weak shrub with many branches, mostly glabrous leaves with a slightly paler underside, and bright pink, four-petalled flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.
Daviesia costata Cheel 1920
plant species in the fabaceae family
Daviesia costata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a straggling, multi-stemmed shrub with scattered, erect, linear phyllodes, and yellow and dark red flowers.
Callistemon pachyphyllus (Wallum Bottlebrush) Cheel 1911
plant species in the myrtaceae family
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Triodia intermedia Cheel 1919
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Callistemon flavovirens (Cheel) Cheel 1925
plant species in the myrtaceae family
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Melaleuca nervosa ssp. nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel 1984
plant subspecies in the myrtaceae family
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Boronia whitei Cheel 1927
plant species in the rutaceae family
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