Peter Brian Heenan (born 1961) is a New Zealand botanist.[2]

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

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

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(incomplete list - 193 names published)[2]

(These may not all be accepted names.)

See also Taxa named by Peter Brian Heenan.

Selected publications

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  • Heenan, Peter B.; McGlone, Matt S. (20 June 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. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q104881037.
  • Peter B. Heenan (24 July 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. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q104880991.
  • Peter B. Heenan (22 May 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. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q104880922.

References

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  1. ^ Alexander Turnbull Library: Heenan, Peter Brian, 1961–
  2. ^ a b "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.
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