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.^[2] Lehnebach has a master's degree and a PhD from Massey University.^[3][4]

Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach
Born	Chile[1]
Nationality	New Zealand
Alma mater	Massey University
Awards	Hatch Medal (2017)
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Author abbrev. (botany)	Lehnebach

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

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. Bibcode:2012PhytK..16...53L. 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): 1–24 https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.270.1.1. Bibcode:2016Phytx.270....1L. 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. Bibcode:2016Phytx.277..237L. 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. Bibcode:2022PacSB..29..141V. 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.