Robert James Chinnock

Australian botanist (1943 - ).

Robert James (Bob) Chinnock (born 3 July 1943) is a New Zealand-born Australian botanist who worked at the State Herbarium of South Australia as a senior biologist. He retired in 2008 but still works as an honorary research associate. His research interests include Eremophila and related genera, the weedy Cactaceae, especially those in the genus Opuntia, and Australian ferns and clubmosses. His PhD thesis at Flinders University in 1982 was focused upon Myoporaceae, He is the author of Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. (Plants in these genera are now i

Abbreviations: Chinnock
Occupations: botanist
Citizenships: New Zealand, Australia
Dates: 1943-07-03T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Wellington
Direct attributions: 206 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 215 plants, 0 fungi

206 plants attributed, 9 plants contributed to215 plants:

Eremophila nivea (Silky Eremophila) Chinnock 1986
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila nivea, commonly known as silky eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. In nature it is a rare shrub with hairy branches and leaves, and blue, purple or violet flowers.
Eremophila rigida Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila rigida is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, rigid shrub with thick, hairy, rigid leaves and pale yellowish-cream flowers.
Eremophila reticulata Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila reticulata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a dense shrub with egg-shaped leaves, colourful sepals and white or pink flowers.
Eremophila deserti (Turkeybush) (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Chinnock 1986
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila deserti is a shrub which is endemic to Australia. Common names for this species include turkey bush, dogwood, poison bush Ellangowan poison bush, pencil bush and carrot bush. It is common and widespread in all mainland states, although not the Northern Territory. Some forms are poisonous to stock.
Eremophila debilis (Winter-apple) (Andrews) Chinnock 1992
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila debilis, the winter apple or amulla, is a flowering plant in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae, and is endemic to an area extending from north Queensland to near the border between New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It is a prostrate shrub with elliptic to lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves and white, rarely deep mauve flowers.
Eremophila alatisepala Chinnock 1979
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila alatisepala is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Queensland in Australia. It is a very sticky shrub covered with many glandular hairs which produce a resin that often obscures the hairs that produce it. The plant is usually found in stony places on ridges and slopes in the Queensland Channel Country.
Disphyma papillatum (Chatham Island Ice Plant) Chinnock 1971
plant species in the aizoaceae family
Disphyma papillatum, commonly known as Chatham Island ice plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae and is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It is a succulent, prostrate herb with flattened, pimply, trailing stems, leaves that are triangular in cross-section, and white to pink, dark blue or purple daisy-like flowers.
Hypolepis ambigua (Common Pig Fern) (A.Rich.) Brownsey & Chinnock 1984
perennial plant species in the dennstaedtiaceae family
Hypolepis ambigua, commonly known as pigfern, is a species of fern that grows in New Zealand.
Gunniopsis tenuifolia Chinnock 1983
plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis tenuifolia, commonly known as the narrow-leaf pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The perennial glabrous shrub has a rounded habit and typically grows to a height of 1 metre (3.3 ft). It has a reddish tinge to the branchlets. The terete yellow-green leaves are approximately 62 mm (2.4 in) long and 2 mm (0.08 in) wide. It blooms between August and January producing small green-yellow flowers. It is found on rocky lopes of low hills, clay flats and depressions that flood periodically flooding usually in open mallee woodland
Gunniopsis septifraga (F.Muell.) Chinnock 1983
annual and perennial plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis septifraga, commonly known as green pigface, is a species of flowering plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a prostrate to tuft-forming annual herb, with oblong to lance-shaped leaves and small greenish flowers, that grows around salt lakes.
Gunniopsis rubra Chinnock 1983
annual and perennial plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis rubra is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. The prostrate annual herb typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 centimetres (0.4 to 1.2 in). It blooms in September producing green flowers. It is found in inland areas of the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in loamy soils. The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 1983 in the article The Australian genus Gunniopsis Pax (Aizoaceae) in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.
Gunniopsis propinqua Chinnock 1983
annual and perennial plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis propinqua is a species of succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia.
Gunniopsis papillata Chinnock 1983
annual and perennial plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis papillata, commonly known as the twin-leaved pigface, is a species of succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Australia. It is an annual herb with pimply, spatula-shaped to egg-shaped leaves and flowers with white or yellow petals.
Gunniopsis kochii (Wagner) Chinnock 1983
annual and perennial plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis kochii, commonly known as the Koch's pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The sparsely branching annual herb covered in papillose typically grows to a height of 20 centimetres (8 in). It has fleshy grey-green leaves that are ovate to oblanceolate in shape. Leaves are up to 30 mm (1.18 in) long and 11 mm (0.43 in). It blooms between September and October producing solitary purple and pink flowers. The plant is found in stony areas like gibber plains. It is distributed through central parts of South Australia. The species was
Gunniopsis divisa Chinnock 1983
plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis divisa is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia. The annual herb typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.1 metres (0.2 to 0.3 ft). It blooms between August and October producing white to yellow flowers. The base of the plant is often thickened. The green fleshy leaves are opposite. It is found along roadsides inland from Geraldton in the Mid West region of Western Australia where it grows in loamy soils often over quartz. The species was first formally described by Robert Chinnock in 1983 in the article The Australian genus
Gunniopsis calcarea Chinnock 1983
plant species in the aizoaceae family
Gunniopsis calcarea, commonly known as the Nullarbor Gunniopsis or the yellow flowered pigface, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The shrub has an erect and spreading habit typically growing to a height of 0.1 to 0.3 metres (0.3 to 1.0 ft). It blooms between August and March producing yellow flowers. The leaves are bright green with a lanceolate shape and are covered in peltate scales as are the stems. It is found in tight colonies along roadsides and in depressions in coastal areas of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where
Eremophila veneta Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila veneta, commonly known as metallic-flowered eremophila is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, spreading, sticky shrub with dark green leaves and bluish-green petals.
Eremophila undulata Chinnock 1980
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila undulata, commonly known as wavy-leaved eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with greenish-brown flowers and leaves that have a wavy margin.
Eremophila ternifolia Chinnock 1982
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila ternifolia, commonly known as Wongan eremophila is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, many-branched, shrub with short, pointed leaves and small lilac-coloured or mauve flowers.
Eremophila subteretifolia (Lake King Eremophila) Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila subteretifolia, commonly known as Lake King eremophila, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a creeping, prostrate shrub with narrow, sticky, dark green leaves and distinctive orange-red to yellow flowers. It is a rare plant which grows near the edges of salt lakes.
Eremophila stenophylla Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila stenophylla is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a broom-like shrub or small tree with narrow leaves and pink to brick-red flowers, which grows in the far south-west of the state.
Eremophila spuria Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila spuria is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with narrow leaves and blue, lilac, purple or white flowers and is a common and widespread species.
Eremophila splendens Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila splendens is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub which is mostly covered with a layer of glandular hairs and has red, unspotted flowers.
Eremophila spinescens Chinnock 1980
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila spinescens is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, spreading, rigid, spiny shrub with small leaves and lilac to dark purple flowers.
Eremophila serpens (Creeping Emu Bush) Chinnock 1979
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila serpens, commonly known as snake eremophila, is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a prostrate, creeping shrub with long, horizontal branches, leaves which often have irregular serrations, and yellowish-green petals with red or brownish-purple markings.
Eremophila sargentii (S.Moore) Chinnock 1981
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila sargentii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with sticky, shiny foliage, small leaves and mauve or blue flowers.
Eremophila rugosa Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila rugosa is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with sticky, shiny leaves and pink, purple or mauve flowers.
Eremophila rostrata Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila rostrata is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with cylinder-shaped leaves, small sepals and glabrous, pink to deep red petals. There are two subspecies, both of which are critically endangered.
Eremophila rigens Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila rigens is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with long, stiff, glabrous leaves and pale lilac-coloured to white flowers.
Eremophila rhegos Chinnock 2007
plant species in the scrophulariaceae family
Eremophila rhegos is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with densely hairy leaves and branches and blue, mauve, purple or white flowers.
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