Knightia (plant)

For the genus of prehistoric fish, see Knightia.
Knightia
Knightia excelsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Tribe: Knightieae
Genus: Knightia
R.Br. (1810)
Type species
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Species

Knightia deplanchei
Knightia excelsa R.Br.

Synonyms

Rymandra Salisb. ex Knight
Sources: ING,[1] UniProt,[2] IPNI,[3] GRIN[4]

Knightia is a small genus of the family Proteaceae endemic to New Zealand. One extant species, K. excelsa (Rewarewa) is found in New Zealand, while a fossil species from upper Miocene deposits in Kaikorai has been described as Knightia oblonga.[5] Two species from New Caledonia have been transferred to the genus Eucarpha by Lawrie Johnson and Barbara Briggs in their influential 1975 monograph "On the Proteaceae: the evolution and classification of a southern family".[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Knightia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 1996-02-09. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  2. ↑ UniProt. "Genus Knightia". Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  3. ↑ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  4. ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (2007-10-05). "Genus: Knightia R. Br.". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ L. A. S. Johnson and Briggs, B. G. (1975). "On the Proteaceae: the evolution and classification of a southern family". Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany 70 (2): 83–182. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb01644.x.

External links

Data related to Knightia (Proteaceae) at Wikispecies Media related to Knightia (Proteaceae) at Wikimedia Commons Works related to Transactions_of_the_Linnean_Society_of_London/Volume_10/On the Proteaceae of Jussieu at Wikisource Works related to Curtis's_Botanical_Magazine/Volume_LXIII/3513_Dryandra_tenuifolia at Wikisource


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