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 indigenous to New Zealand.

Career

Carlos Lehnebach has described multiple new plant species in the Orchidaceae and Boraginaceae. These include the following:
Myosotis Myosotis chaffeyorum LehnebachMyosotis mooreana Lehnebach
Corybas Corybas confusus LehnebachCorybas obscurus LehnebachCorybas sanctigeorgianus LehnebachCorybas vitreus LehnebachCorybas walliae Lehnebach
Gastrodia Gastrodia cooperae Lehnebach & J.R.RolfeGastrodia molloyi Lehnebach & J.R.Rolfe

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