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 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.)
^Richmond, Guy S; Chinnock, Robert J (1 October 1994), "Seed germination of the Australian desert shrub Eremophila (Myoporaceae)", The Botanical Review, 60 (4), New York Botanical Garden: 483 (21), Bibcode:1994BotRv..60..483R, doi:10.1007/bf02857928, ISSN0006-8101
^"Dr RJ (Bob) Chinnock". Government of South Australia, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^Chinnock, R.J. (Bob) (2007). Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae (1st ed.). Dural, NSW: Rosenberg. ISBN9781877058165.