Education
Henderson was educated in Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire and Birkbeck College, University of London, and received his Doctor of Philosophy from City University of New York in 1987. He joined the New York Botanic Garden in 1987.
Henderson was educated in Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire and Birkbeck College, University of London, and received his Doctor of Philosophy from City University of New York in 1987. He joined the New York Botanic Garden in 1987.
He has authored taxonomic descriptions of 140 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family.