Robert Owen Makinson

Botanist.

Robert Owen Makinson (born 1956) is an Australian botanist. He has published some 65 botanical names. See also Taxa named by Robert Owen Makinson. He studied at Macquarie University, was ABLO at Kew in 1995–1996 (replacing Barry Conn). From 1993 to 2001, he was a curator at the Australian National Herbarium. From 2001 to 2016 he was conservation botanist for the Botanic Garden Trust, and in 2017 he was principal investigator for the Myrtle Rust project run by Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre.

Abbreviations: Makinson
Occupations: botanist
Dates: 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 70 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 70 plants, 0 fungi

70 plants attributed to70 plants:

Grevillea irrasa Makinson 2000
endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea irrasa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is an erect, spreading shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and clusters of red to apricot-coloured flowers.
Grevillea gariwerdensis Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea gariwerdensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Grampians National Park in Victoria, Australia. It is a shrub with more or less linear to narrowly oblong leaves, and white to pink flowers with brownish hairs.
Grevillea rhyolitica (Deua Grevillea) Makinson 1997
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea rhyolitica, commonly known as Deua grevillea or Deua flame, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a more or less erect shrub with elliptic leaves and hairy red flowers.
Grevillea oxyantha (Kybean Grevillea) Makinson 1997
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea oxyantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with somewhat silky-hairy branchlets, broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped or almost round leaves, and hairy, crimson and pink flowers with a red style.
Grevillea acropogon Makinson 2000
endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea acropogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of southwestern Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect shrub with pinnatisect leaves with five to seven sharply-pointed lobes, and red flowers.
Grevillea wilkinsonii (Tumut Grevillea) Makinson 1993
critically endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea wilkinsonii, commonly known as Tumut grevillea, is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-east of New South Wales. It is an erect, spreading shrub with narrowly oblong to oblong leaves with well-spaced teeth on the edges, and clusters of brownish-pink to purple flowers with a lilac-pink style with a pale yellow tip.
Grevillea wiradjuri Makinson 2000
vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea wiradjuri is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland New South Wales. It is an open, erect or dwarf shrub with linear leaves, and clusters of 8 to 20 white flowers.
Grevillea viridiflava Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea viridiflava, commonly known as linear-leaf grevillea, is species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves, and clusters of 12 to 24 white flowers with a yellowish-green or cream-coloured style.
Grevillea virgata Makinson 2000
endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea virgata, commonly known as Nerong grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is an upright shrub with white flowers and is endemic to the Central Coast of New South Wales.
Grevillea subterlineata Makinson 1993
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea subterlineata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the southwest of Western Australia. It is an open shrub with linear leaves and clusters of pink-tinged, white flowers.
Grevillea stenogyne (Benth.) Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea stenogyne is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is only known from the type collection, made in the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves, the end lobes triangular and sharply-pointed, and clusters of white flowers.
Grevillea reptans Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea reptans, also known as the Tin Can Bay grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is usually a prostrate shrub with long vine-like or arching branches, more or less linear leaves, and branched clusters of mauve-pink flowers.
Grevillea microstyla M.D.Barrett & Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea microstyla is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with divided or toothed leaves with dense clusters of crimson flowers that have a dull orange style.
Grevillea metamorpha Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea metamorpha is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with three types of divided leaves, and clusters of white, silky-hairy flowers.
Grevillea maherae Makinson & M.D.Barrett 2000
vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea maherae is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a densely-branched shrub with divided leaves with sharply pointed lobes, and clusters of pinkish red to maroon flowers with a red style.
Grevillea imberbis Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea imberbis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a prostrate to low, spreading shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers, sometimes turning pink with age.
Grevillea humilis Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea humilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic to more or less linear leaves, and pink or white flowers.
Grevillea florida (McGill.) Makinson 2000
endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea florida is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a erect, low shrub with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves, and clusters of hairy, white to creamy yellow flowers with a yellow- or orange-tipped style that ages to red.
Grevillea dunlopii Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea dunlopii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the northern part of the Northern Territory. It is a spreading shrub with divided leaves with nine to seventeen spreading lobes, and pale cream-coloured to white flowers.
Grevillea cravenii Makinson 2000
endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea cravenii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a small area along the north west coast of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a spreading to weakly erect shrub with narrowly oblong leaves with lobed or toothed edges, and purplish-red to dark maroon flowers.
Grevillea cheilocarpa Makinson 2000
plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea cheilocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with silky-hairy, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers.
Grevillea calliantha (Foote's Grevillea) Makinson & Olde 1991
critically endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Grevillea calliantha, commonly known as Foote's grevillea, Cataby grevillea or black magic grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading, compact shrub with pinnatipartite leaves with linear lobes, and pale yellow to apricot-coloured flowers with a maroon-black to reddish style.
Astrotricha roddii Makinson 1991
plant species in the araliaceae family
Astrotricha roddii is a plant in the Araliaceae family, native to the North Western Slopes of New South Wales, which was first described in 1991 by Robert Makinson. The species epithet honours the botanist, Tony Rodd, who first collected and discovered the species. It is found in dry sclerophyll woodland on granite outcrops on the North Western Slopes of New South Wales, and is listed by the Commonwealth as an endangered species.
Ranunculus meristus B.G.Briggs & Makinson 2002
perennial plant species in the ranunculaceae family
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Astrotricha obovata Makinson 1991
plant species in the araliaceae family
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Haloragis milesiae Peter G.Wilson & Makinson 2015
plant species in the haloragaceae family
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Grevillea lavandulacea ssp. rogersii (Maiden) Makinson 2000
plant subspecies in the proteaceae family
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Muehlenbeckia diclina ssp. stenophylla (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson & Makinson 2024
plant subspecies in the polygonaceae family
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Muehlenbeckia costata K.L.Wilson & Makinson 2024
plant species in the polygonaceae family
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Muehlenbeckia arnhemica K.L.Wilson & Makinson 2024
plant species in the polygonaceae family
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