Robert James "Bob" Chinnock (born 3 July 1943) is a New Zealand-born Australian botanist who worked at the

State Herbarium of South Australia The State Herbarium of South Australia, sometimes called the South Australian Herbarium, and having the herbarium code, AD, is located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is one of several State and Commonwealth herbaria in Australia. The Depa ...

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 A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Gree ...

, especially those in the genus '' Opuntia'', and Australian

fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes exce ...

s and

clubmosses Lycopodiopsida is a class of vascular plants known as lycopods, lycophytes or other terms including the component lyco-. Members of the class are also called clubmosses, firmosses, spikemosses and quillworts. They have dichotomously branching s ...

. 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 Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

Myoporaceae''. (Plants in these genera are now included in the family

Scrophulariaceae The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...

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1943 births Living people Victoria University of Wellington alumni Flinders University alumni People from Wellington City New Zealand emigrants to Australia Place of birth missing (living people) Australian Botanical Liaison Officers {{Australia-botanist-stub