Bob Makinson

Position

Conservation Botanist, Centre for Plant Conservation

Branch

Science & Public Programs

Email

bob.makinson@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

Phone

Mobile 0408 116 488 (preferred); landline 02 9231 8174

Fax

02 9241 1135

Research interests

• Taxonomy (Grevillea - Proteaceae; Muehlenbeckia - Polygonaceae; Astrotricha - Araliaceae)
• Conservation botany (assessment and management of threatened species and ecosystems).
  biology;
• Herbarium curation and collections management

Keywords

Taxonomy, Grevillea, Muehlenbeckia, Araliaceae, Astrotricha, plant conservation, threatened species, herbarium curation

Current research projects

• Taxonomy of Grevillea (Proteaceae)
• Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Astrotricha (Araliaceae)

Key publications

• A directory of conservation-status listing processes for threatened Australian plant species and ecological communities. Australasian Plant Conservation 17(2): 2-33 (2008).
• Chapter 5: Botanic Gardens and Conservation, [in] R. J. Henry (ed.), Plant Conservation Genetics. Haworth Press (2006).
• Guidelines for the translocation of threatened plants in Australia. 2nd edition. Australian Network for Plant Conservation Inc., Cnberra. (2004).
• Flora of Australia vol. 17A (Proteaceae: Grevillea) (2000).
• Grevillea - a taxonomic revision. Melbourne University Press (1993) [co-author with D.J. McGillivray].