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

Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach
Born1974 (age 4849)
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materMassey University
AwardsHatch Medal (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Author abbrev. (botany)Lehnebach

Lehnebach studies New Zealand orchids.[4] As of January 2018, he has described seven new species of orchid and two species of forget-me-not (Myosotis) indigenous to New Zealand.[5]

Career

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

Myosotis (Boraginaceae)

Corybas (Orchidaceae)

Gastrodia (Orchidaceae)

Publications

References

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


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