Peter Brian Heenan

Peter Brian Heenan
Born1961
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsManaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
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.

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

The standard author abbreviation Heenan is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.