Peter Brian Heenan (born 1961) is a New Zealand botanist.
Heenan graduated from the
University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...
with a PhD in 2000.
Names published
(incomplete list - 193 names published)
[
*'']Alternanthera nahui
''Alternanthera nahui'', common name nahui, is a species in the family Amaranthaceae, native to New Zealand and to Norfolk Island.
Description
It is a perennial herb that has a slender tap root. Its stems are 1.5–3.0 mm in diameter and tend ...
'' Heenan & de Lange, New Zealand J. Bot. 47(1): 102 (99-104; figs. 2B, 3C, 4B) (2009).
*''Arthropodium bifurcatum
''Arthropodium'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the subfamily Lomandroideae of the family Asparagaceae. It is native to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia and Madagascar.
The rhizomes of some species can be eaten as root vege ...
'' Heenan, A.D.Mitch. & de Lange, New Zealand J. Bot. 42(2): 239 (-242; fig. 7) (2004).
*''Brachyscome lucens
''Brachyscome'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Most are endemic to Australia, and a few occur in New Zealand and New Guinea.[Taxa named by Peter Brian Heenan
In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; plural taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular nam ...]
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21st-century New Zealand botanists
Living people
1961 births
University of Canterbury alumni