Peter Brian Heenan

{{short description|New Zealand botanist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2025}}

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| name = Peter Brian Heenan

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| birth_date = 1961

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| fields = Botany

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| workplaces = Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research[https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ethesaurus.280872 Alexander Turnbull Library: Heenan, Peter Brian, 1961–]

| 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.{{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}}

Heenan has a 1984 diploma from Lincoln University,{{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}} and graduated from the University of Canterbury with a PhD in 2000.{{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}} 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".{{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}}

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