Botanic Gardens Trust Sydney Australia

Carrick Chambers

Name
Professor Emeritus Carrick Chambers AM, MSc(NZ & Melb), PhD(Syd), Hon.LLD(Melb), Hon.DSc(NSW), AHRIH

Position
Honorary Research Associate

Email
carrick.chambers@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

Phone
(02) 9231 8013

Fax
(02) 9241 2797

Research interests
Biogeography and taxonomy of the genera Blechnum, Pteridoblechnum, Stenochlaena and Brainea. Taxonomy of the genus Cheilanthes in the Australian region.

Keywords
Blechnaceae, Blechnum, Stenochlaena

Current research projects
Global studies on the genus Stenochlaena and selected sections of the genus Blechnum.

Key publications

  • Chambers T.C. & P.A. Farrant (1996) Four subspecies of the fern Blechnum penna-marina (Blechnaceae: Pteridophyta). Fern Gazette 15(3): 91-100.
  • Chambers T.C. & P.A. Farrant (1996) Blechnum blechnoides (Bory) Keys (Blechnaceae), formerly B. banksii (Hook. f.) Mett. ex Diels, a fern from salt-spray habitats of New Zealand and Chile. New Zealand J. Bot. 34: 441-445.
  • Chambers T.C., Drinnan, A.N. & S. McLoughlin (1998) Some morphological features of Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis: Araucariaceae) and their comparison to Cretaceous plant fossils. Int. J. Plant Sci. 159(1): 160-171.
  • Chambers T.C. & P.A. Farrant (1998) Blechnaceae: Blechnum, Pteridoblechnum and Stenochlaena. Flora of Australia 48: 359-384.
  • Chambers T.C. & P.A. Farrant (1998) The Blechnum procerum ('capense') (Blechnaceae) complex in New Zealand. N.Z. J. Bot. 36: 1-19.
  • Chambers T.C. & P.A. Farrant (2001) Revision of Blechnum (Blechnaceae) in Malesia. Blumea 46:283-350.