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{{short description|New Zealand botanist}}
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| birth_date        = 1961
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| fields            = [[Botany]]
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| workplaces        = [[Landcare Research|Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research]]<ref name=emp>[https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ethesaurus.280872 Alexander Turnbull Library: Heenan, Peter Brian, 1961–]</ref>
| alma_mater        = [[University of Canterbury]]
| thesis_title      = Systematics and evolution of Carmichaelia, Chordospartium, Corallospartium, and Notospartium ([[Fabaceae]]) from New Zealand
| thesis_year       = 2000
| nationality       = [[New Zealand]]
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'''Peter Brian Heenan''' (born 1961) is a New Zealand botanist.<ref name=IPNI>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do?id=35953-1|title=Author Details: Heenan, Peter Brian (1961–)|last=|first=|date=|website=The International Plant Name Index|accessdate=17 November 2019}}</ref>
Heenan has a 1984 diploma from [[Lincoln University (New Zealand)|Lincoln University]],<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Heenan |first=P. |year=1984 |type=Diploma thesis |title=Rare plant conservation in local authority parks and recreation departments |publisher=Research@Lincoln, University of Canterbury |hdl=10182/6313}}</ref> and graduated from the [[University of Canterbury]] with a PhD in 2000.<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Systematics and evolution of Carmichaelia, Chordospartium, Corallospartium, and Notospartium (Fabaceae) from New Zealand |url=http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5649 |date=2000 |language=English |first=Peter B |last=Heenan |oclc=155504892 |degree=PhD |doi=10.26021/8391 |publisher=UC Research Repository, University of Canterbury}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 Leonard Cockayne Lecture Award: Speaking for the trees (and other botanical wonders) |url=https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/medals-and-awards/research-honours/2024-rha/2024-leonard-cockayne-lecture-award/ |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Royal Society Te Apārangi}}</ref>
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==Names published ==
(incomplete list - 193 names published)<ref name=IPNI/>
*''[[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 [[:Category:Taxa named by Peter Brian Heenan|Taxa named by Peter Brian Heenan]].
== Selected publications ==
*{{cite Q|Q104881037|last1=Heenan|first1=Peter B.|last2=McGlone|first2=Matt S.}}
*{{cite Q|Q104880991}}
*{{cite Q|Q104880922}}
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Google Scholar id|id=W2fc2msAAAAJ&hl}}
*{{LinkedIn URL|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-heenan-28318114a/?originalSubdomain=nz}}
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[[Category:21st-century New Zealand botanists]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:University of Canterbury alumni]]
[[Category:Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni]]