Robert Chinnock

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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.

Born (1943-07-03) 3 July 1943 (age 82)
Wellington, New Zealand
FieldsBotany
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Robert J. Chinnock
Born (1943-07-03) 3 July 1943 (age 82)
Wellington, New Zealand
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington (MSc, 1971)
Flinders University (PhD, 1982)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsState Herbarium of South Australia
Thesis Taxonomy and relations in the Myoporaceae  (1982)
Author abbrev. (botany)Chinnock
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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]

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