# 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

## Publications

* Lehnebach, Carlos A. (2003). "Preliminary checklist of the orchids of Chile". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 143 (4): 449–451. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2003.00240.x.
* Lehnebach, Carlos A. (2012). "Two new species of forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) from New Zealand". PhytoKeys (16): 53–64 https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.16.3602. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.16.3602. PMC 3492931. PMID 23233811.
* Lehnebach, Carlos A.; Zeller, Andreas J.; Frericks, Jonathan; Ritchie, Peter (2016). "Five new species of Corybas (Diurideae, Orchidaceae) endemic to New Zealand & phylogeny of the Nematoceras clade". Phytotaxa. 270: 1–24 https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.270.1.1. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.270.1.1.
* Lehnebach, Carlos A.; Rolfe, Jeremy R.; Gibbins, Jasmine; Ritchie, Peter (2016). "Two new species of Gastrodia (Gastrodieae, Orchidaceae) endemic to New Zealand". Phytotaxa. 277 (3): 237–254 https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.277.3.2. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.277.3.2.
* Frericks, Jonathan; Munkacsi, Andrew; Ritchie, Peter; Luo, Yi-Bo; Lehnebach, Carlos A. (2018). "Phylogenetic affinities and in vitro seed germination of the threatened New Zealand orchid Spiranthes novae-zelandiae" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 56 (1): 91–108. Bibcode:2018NZJB...56...91F. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2017.1418398. ISSN 0028-825X. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
* Nadarajan, Jayanthi; van der Walt, Karin; Lehnebach, Carlos A.; Saeiahagh, Hassan; Pathirana, Ranjith (2 January 2021). "Integrated ex situ conservation strategies for endangered New Zealand Myrtaceae species". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 59 (1): 72–89. Bibcode:2021NZJB...59...72N. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2020.1754245. ISSN 0028-825X.
* Van der Walt, Karin; Alderton-Moss, Jennifer; Lehnebach, Carlos A. (1 March 2022). "Cross-pollination and pollen storage to assist conservation of Metrosideros bartlettii (Myrtaceae), a critically endangered tree from Aotearoa New Zealand". Pacific Conservation Biology. 29 (2): 141–152. doi:10.1071/PC21054. ISSN 1038-2097. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
* Lehnebach, Carlos A.; Alderton-Moss, Jennifer; Shepherd, Lara D. (2025). "A new species of Prasophyllum (Orchidaceae) for New Zealand and lectotypification of P. colensoi". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 0: 1–23. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2025.2454582. ISSN 0028-825X. Retrieved 2025-02-12.