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