Dr. Patrick Stephen Herendeen (born 1959) is an American

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

with expertise in

paleobotany Paleobotany, which is also spelled as palaeobotany, is the branch of botany dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments (paleogeogr ...

and evolutionary biology of Cretaceous Age fossil plants. He is the Senior Director of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology and Senior Scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden and teaches at Northwestern University. Herendeen is the president of the

International Association for Plant Taxonomy The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) is an organization established to promote an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitate international communication of research between botanists, and oversee matters of uniformity and ...

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