Peter Brian Heenan

Peter Brian Heenan
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]

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. (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

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. hdl:10092/5649. 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.

External links

• Peter Brian Heenan publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Peter Brian Heenan on LinkedIn