Robert J. Chinnock | |
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Born |
Wellington, New Zealand | 3 July 1943
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater |
Victoria University of Wellington (MSc, 1971) Flinders University (PhD, 1982) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | State Herbarium of South Australia |
Thesis | Taxonomy and relations in the Myoporaceae (1982) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Chinnock |
Robert James (Bob) Chinnock (born 3 July 1943) is a New Zealand-born [1] 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 [2] and related genera, the weedy Cactaceae, especially those in the genus Opuntia, and Australian ferns and clubmosses. [3]
His PhD thesis at Flinders University in 1982 was focused upon Myoporaceae, [4]
He is the author of Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. [5] (Plants in these genera are now included in the family Scrophulariaceae.)
The standard author abbreviation Chinnock is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [6]
Data related to
Robert Chinnock at Wikispecies
Robert J. Chinnock | |
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Born |
Wellington, New Zealand | 3 July 1943
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater |
Victoria University of Wellington (MSc, 1971) Flinders University (PhD, 1982) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | State Herbarium of South Australia |
Thesis | Taxonomy and relations in the Myoporaceae (1982) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Chinnock |
Robert James (Bob) Chinnock (born 3 July 1943) is a New Zealand-born [1] 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 [2] and related genera, the weedy Cactaceae, especially those in the genus Opuntia, and Australian ferns and clubmosses. [3]
His PhD thesis at Flinders University in 1982 was focused upon Myoporaceae, [4]
He is the author of Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae. [5] (Plants in these genera are now included in the family Scrophulariaceae.)
The standard author abbreviation Chinnock is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [6]
Data related to
Robert Chinnock at Wikispecies