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Carlos Lehnebach

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Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach
Born
Chile[1]
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materMassey University
AwardsHatch Medal (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Author abbrev. (botany)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.[2] Lehnebach has a master's degree and a PhD from Massey University.[3][4]

Lehnebach studies New Zealand orchids.[5] As of January 2018, he has described seven new species of orchid and two species of forget-me-not (Myosotis) indigenous to New Zealand.[6]

Career

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

Myosotis (Boraginaceae)

Corybas (Orchidaceae)

Gastrodia (Orchidaceae)

Publications

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References

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  1. ^ "Dr Carlos Lehnebach". Te Papa. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
  2. ^ Dickey, Delwyn (22 December 2017). "Red, white and yellow – the colours of Christmas". Stuff. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  3. ^ Lehnebach, Carlos (2002). Pollination ecology of New Zealand orchids (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/11113.
  4. ^ Lehnebach, Carlos (2008). Phylogenetic affinities, species delimitation and adaptive radiation of New Zealand Ranunculus (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/787.
  5. ^ White, Rebekah (September 2019). "Ghost hunter". New Zealand Geographic (159).
  6. ^ "Rare forget-me-nots discovered in the mountains of New Zealand". phys.org. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Lehnebach.
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