Peter Brian Heenan
New Zealand botanist
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Peter Brian Heenan (born 1961) is a New Zealand botanist.[2]
Born1961 (age 64–65)
EducationUniversity of Canterbury
FieldsBotany
WorkplacesManaaki Whenua – Landcare Research[1]
Peter Brian Heenan | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Education | University of Canterbury |
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| Fields | Botany |
| Workplaces | Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research[1] |
| Thesis | Systematics and evolution of Carmichaelia, Chordospartium, Corallospartium, and Notospartium (Fabaceae) from New Zealand (2000) |
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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]
Names published
(incomplete list - 193 names published)[2]
- Alternanthera nahui Heenan & de Lange, New Zealand J. Bot. 47(1): 102 (99–104; figs. 2B, 3C, 4B) (2009).
- Arthropodium bifurcatum Heenan, A.D.Mitch. & de Lange, New Zealand J. Bot. 42(2): 239 (−242; fig. 7) (2004).
- Brachyscome lucens Molloy & Heenan, Phytotaxa 415(1): 35 (2019).
(These may not all be accepted names.)
See also Taxa named by Peter Brian Heenan.
Selected publications
- Heenan, Peter B.; McGlone, Matt S. (2019). "Cenozoic formation and colonisation history of the New Zealand vascular flora based on molecular clock dating of the plastidrbcLgene". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57 (4): 204–226. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2019.1632356. Wikidata Q104881037.
- Peter B. Heenan (2019). "Taxonomic notes on the New Zealand flora: the status of the extinct herb Stellaria elatinoides (Caryophyllaceae) and recognition of Stellaria multiflora subsp. multiflora from New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57 (4): 309–315. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2019.1645705. Wikidata Q104880991.
- Peter B. Heenan (2019). "Taxonomic Notes on the New Zealand flora: Brachyscome simplicifolia J.B.Armstr. is a heterotypic synonym of Abrotanella linearis Berggr. (Asteraceae)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57 (3): 188–192. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2019.1619596. Wikidata Q104880922.