Knightia (plant) explained

Knightia is a small genus of the family Proteaceae endemic to New Zealand, named in honor of Thomas Andrew Knight.[1] One extant species, K. excelsa (rewarewa) is found in New Zealand. Two further Knightia species are found in New Caledonia, although they were placed in 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",[2] a placement supported in a 2006 classification of the Proteaceae. A fossil species from upper Miocene deposits in Kaikorai has been described as Knightia oblonga.[3] Knightia has been placed in the tribe Roupaleae of the subfamily Grevilleoideae.[4]

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted three extant species.[5] Other sources place the two species from New Caledonia in the genus Eucarpha.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith, Val, 1934-. Common ground : who's who in New Zealand botanical names. 2015. 978-0-473-30847-6. New Plymouth. 45. 918895346.
  2. . 1975 . On the Proteaceae: the evolution and classification of a southern family . Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Botany . 70 . 83–182 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb01644.x. 2.
  3. Web site: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. March 1982.
  4. Weston, Peter H. . Barker, Nigel P. . 2006 . A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera . Telopea . 11 . 3 . 314–344 . 10.7751/telopea20065733 . 10.1.1.567.9092 .
  5. Web site: Knightia R.Br. . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022-04-29 .
  6. Web site: Eucarpha deplanchei (Vieill. ex Brongn. & Gris) P.H.Weston & Mabb. . . 2022-04-29 .
  7. Web site: Eucarpha strobilina (Labill.) P.H.Weston & Mabb. . . 2022-04-29 .

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