Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World
The magnificent plant world of Aotearoa New Zealand in art and object.
Carlos Lehnebach
Dr Carlos Lehnebach is a Botany Curator at Te Papa and studies the diversity, evolution and conservation of New Zealand flowering plants.
His main groups of interest are terrestrial and epiphytic orchids, alpine plants, and plants shared with other land masses in the Southern Hemisphere.
His current projects aim to describe the New Zealand orchid flora and develop methods to assist the conservation of rare and threatened plants.
Photo by Yoan Jolly. Te Papa
Books
Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series: Native Plants of Aotearoa
A handy introduction to the unique flora of Aotearoa New Zealand, for the backyard, bach, and backpack.
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Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World – Author biographies and 10 questions
The authors of ‘Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World’ discuss their work with Te Papa Press.
Native Plants of Aotearoa: Author biographies and 10 questions
Heidi Meudt and Carlos Lehnebach discuss ‘Native Plants of Aotearoa’ with Te Papa Press.
