William Robert Barker

Australian botanist (1948 -).

William (Bill) Robert Barker is an honorary research associate of the State Herbarium of South Australia. He is a former chief botanist of the State Herbarium. With Robyn Mary Barker and Laurence Haegi he had a particular interest in Hakea in the family Proteaceae. He was also involved in taxonomic revisions of Lawrencia, Lasiopetalum and Spyridium. In his retirement he is presently involved in outstanding research work, finalising revisions and publications. Barker is a life member and is the current president of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society. His primary research expertise is

Abbreviations: W.R.Barker
Occupations: botanist
Dates: 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 131 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 138 plants, 0 fungi

131 plants attributed, 7 plants contributed to138 plants:

Hakea archaeoides (Big Nellie Hakea) W.R.Barker 1999
vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family
Hakea archaeoides is a large shrub or small tree commonly known as Big Nellie hakea and is endemic to forest areas on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. It has clusters of red and greenish yellow flowers in the flowering season.
Hakea actites (Mulloway Needle Bush) W.R.Barker 1996
plant species in the proteaceae family
Hakea actites, commonly known as the mulloway needle bush or wallum hakea is a shrub or tree of the Proteaceae family native to areas in north eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland. White nectar-rich flowers appear in abundance from late autumn to early spring.
Thyridia repens (Creeping Monkey-flower) (R.Br.) W.R.Barker & Beardsley 2012
plant species in the phrymaceae family
Thyridia repens, with the common names creeping monkeyflower, native musk, purple musk, Māori musk, and native monkey flower, is a herbaceous succulent plant native to New Zealand and Australia that grows as low mats beside the sea. Its flowers are light purple or white.
Euphrasia lasianthera (Hairy Eyebright) W.R.Barker 1982
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Euphrasia lasianthera, commonly known as hairy eyebright, is a perennial herb species in the family Orobanchaceae. It is endemic to Victoria, Australia. Plants grow to 30 cm high and have leaves with margins that may be smooth or toothed. The flowers may be white, pink or pale purple. The species was first formerly described by botanist W.R. Barker in Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens in 1982. It is listed as "Rare" on the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria.
Peplidium foecundum W.R.Barker 1992
plant species in the phrymaceae family
Peplidium foecundum is a plant in the Phrymaceae family, native to South Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. It was first described by William Robert Barker in 1992. The species epithet, foecundum, is a Latin adjective which describes the plant as "fruitful".
Hakea ochroptera W.R.Barker 1996
vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family
Hakea ochroptera is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a shrub with long, needle-shaped leaves and an abundance of cream-white flowers in spring.
Hakea macrorrhyncha W.R.Barker 1996
endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Hakea macrorrhyncha is a shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Australia. A restricted species of north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.
Hakea aenigma (Enigma Hakea) W.R.Barker & Haegi 1985
critically endangered plant species in the proteaceae family
Hakea aenigma, commonly known as the enigma hakea, is a critically endangered shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is one of two Hakea species totally reliant on suckering to reproduce therefore having "reached evolutionary dead-ends" as this method of reproduction greatly limits genetic variation. The entire population of this species may be of clonal colonies descended from a single individual.
Stemodia tephropelina W.R.Barker 1990
plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Stemodia florulenta (Bluerod) W.R.Barker 1990
plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Mazus novaezeelandiae W.R.Barker 1991
plant species in the mazaceae family
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Glossostigma cleistanthum (Mudmat) W.R.Barker 1992
annual plant species in the phrymaceae family
Glossostigma cleistanthum, also known as mudmat, is a freshwater aquatic plant native to Australia, New Zealand, India and East Africa. It is a cleistogamous plant, which is a type of self-pollinating plant that can propagate using non-opening flowers. Where growth is submerged, the leaves are between 0.5–2.5 inches long and bear closed, self-pollinating flowers. These leaves are nearly sessile and grow along the stem in alternating pairs that resemble rabbit ears. Where water recedes and growth is emergent, the leaves are much smaller, ranging between 0.2–0.5 inches in length. The emergent
Euphrasia semipicta W.R.Barker 1982
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Euphrasia semipicta, commonly known as the Peninsular eyebright, flowering plant endemic to the Tasman Peninsula in south-eastern Tasmania/ luturwita.
Euphrasia ruptura W.R.Barker 1997
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Euphrasia ruptura (former synonym: Euphrasia sp. Tamworth) is a presumed extinct plant from the genus Euphrasia within the family Orobanchaceae. It was first described in 1997 by William R. Barker from a single collection made in the Tamworth Area, Northern Tablelands, New South Wales in 1904. It is named after the Australian botanist Herman Montague Rucker Rupp who discovered this species.
Euphrasia fragosa W.R.Barker 1996
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Euphrasia fragosa, the shy eyebright, is a rare lowland perennial herb endemic to lutruwita/Tasmania. It is in the family Orobanchaceae
Yamazakia W.R.Barker, Y.S.Liang & Wannan 2018
plant genus in the linderniaceae family
Yamazakia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Linderniaceae. Its native range is from tropical and subtropical Asia to northern Australia. Species: Yamazakia pusilla (Willd.) W.R.Barker, Y.S.Liang & Wannan Yamazakia viscosa (Hornem.) W.R.Barker, Y.S.Liang & Wannan
Striga squamigera W.R.Barker 1990
plant species in the orobanchaceae family
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Stemodia glabella (Smooth Bluerod) W.R.Barker 1990
plant species in the plantaginaceae family
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Stackhousia subterranea (Grasslands Candles) W.R.Barker 2007
plant species in the celastraceae family
Stackhousia subterranea (Gunn's Mignonette or Grasslands Candles) is a perennial herb species in the family Celastraceae. The species occurs in South Australia and Victoria and Tasmania
Stackhousia stratfordiae W.R.Barker & Cockerton 2011
plant species in the celastraceae family
Stackhousia stratfordiae is a species of plant in the family Celastraceae. The species is found in a few scattered locations in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.
Spyridium tricolor W.R.Barker & Rye 1993
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Spyridium tricolor is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with broadly elliptic to round leaves, and dense clusters of densely woolly-hairy, cream-coloured flowers.
Spyridium stenophyllum (Reissek) Kellermann & W.R.Barker 2012
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Spyridium stenophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south of South Australia. It is a sticky shrub with narrowly Y-shaped leaves, and heads of white to cream-coloured flowers surrounded by densely felty-hairy floral leaves.
Spyridium furculentum W.R.Barker & Kellermann 2012
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Spyridium furculentum, commonly known as forked spyridium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to a small area of Victoria in Australia. It is a shrub with softly-hairy young stems, Y-shaped leaves, and head of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Spyridium fontiswoodii (Woods Well Spyridium) Kellermann & W.R.Barker 2012
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Spyridium fontis-woodii, commonly known as Woods Well spyridium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to a small area of Coorong National Park in South Australia. It is a slender shrub with softly-hairy young stems, broadly egg-shaped to broadly heart-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and head of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Spyridium erymnocladum W.R.Barker 1995
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Spyridium erymnocladum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a low, woody shrub with linear leaves, and heads of about seven woolly-hairy flowers.
Spyridium coalitum Kellermann & W.R.Barker 2012
plant species in the rhamnaceae family
Spyridium coalitum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with softly-hairy young stems, oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves, and head of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Eurya spiralis W.R.Barker 1982
plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
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Eurya reflexa W.R.Barker 1982
vulnerable plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
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Eurya polygama W.R.Barker 1982
plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
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Eurya platyptera W.R.Barker 1982
plant species in the pentaphylacaceae family
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