Peter Brian Heenan | |
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Born | 1961 |
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Canterbury |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research[1] |
Thesis | Systematics and evolution of Carmichaelia, Chordospartium, Corallospartium, and Notospartium (Fabaceae) from New Zealand (2000) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Heenan |
Peter Brian Heenan (born 1961) is a New Zealand botanist.[2]
Heenan has a 1984 diploma from Lincoln University,[3] and graduated from the University of Canterbury with a PhD in 2000.[4] In 2024 Heenan was awarded the Leonard Cockayne Memorial Lecture by the Royal Society Te Apārangi for "his decades-long commitment to Aotearoa New Zealand’s rich botany and sharing his knowledge with audiences across the country and the world".[5]
The standard author abbreviation Heenan is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]