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:
^Lehnebach, Carlos (2002). Pollination ecology of New Zealand orchids (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University.
hdl:
10179/11113.
^Lehnebach, Carlos (2008). Phylogenetic affinities, species delimitation and adaptive radiation of New Zealand Ranunculus (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University.
hdl:
10179/787.
^White, Rebekah (September 2019).
"Ghost hunter". New Zealand Geographic (159).