Peter Brian Heenan

Peter Brian Heenan
Born1961
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsManaaki 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]

  1. ^ Alexander Turnbull Library: Heenan, Peter Brian, 1961–
  2. ^ "Author Details: Heenan, Peter Brian (1961–)". The International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ Heenan, P. (1984). Rare plant conservation in local authority parks and recreation departments (Diploma thesis). Research@Lincoln, University of Canterbury. hdl:10182/6313.
  4. ^ Heenan, Peter B (2000). Systematics and evolution of Carmichaelia, Chordospartium, Corallospartium, and Notospartium (Fabaceae) from New Zealand (PhD thesis). UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/8391. OCLC 155504892.
  5. ^ "2024 Leonard Cockayne Lecture Award: Speaking for the trees (and other botanical wonders)". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Heenan.