Carlos Lehnebach

Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach is a New Zealand botanist. He is employed as a botany curator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Lehnebach has a master's degree and a PhD from Massey University.

Lehnebach studies New Zealand orchids. As of January 2018, he has described seven new species of orchid and two species of forget-me-not (Myosotis) indigenous to New Zealand.

Career

Carlos Lehnebach has described multiple new plant species in the Orchidaceae and Boraginaceae. These include the following:

Myosotis (Boraginaceae)

Myosotis chaffeyorum Lehnebach Myosotis mooreana Lehnebach

Corybas (Orchidaceae)

Corybas confusus Lehnebach Corybas obscurus Lehnebach Corybas sanctigeorgianus Lehnebach Corybas vitreus Lehnebach Corybas walliae Lehnebach

Gastrodia (Orchidaceae)

Gastrodia cooperae Lehnebach & J.R.Rolfe Gastrodia molloyi Lehnebach & J.R.Rolfe

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