Knightia (Plantae)

The status, affinity, scope or nomenclature of this taxon is disputed.

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Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Proteales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Proteales

Familia: Proteaceae
Subfamilia: Grevilleoideae
Tribus: Roupaleae
Genus: Knightia
Species: K. excelsa

Paleospecies: †K. oblonga

Name edit

Knightia R.Br. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 193. (1810) nom. cons.
Note: This genus was not allocated to a subtribe by Weston & Barker (2006) and was designated by them as Roupaleae incertae sedis.

References edit

Brown, R. (1810) Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 193. BHL
Brongniart, Ad.; Gris, A. 1865: Description des Protéacées de la Nouvelle-Calédonie appartenant aux Genres Grevillea, Stenocarpus, Cenarrhenes et Knightia. Bulletin de la Société botanique de France, 12(1): 37–46. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1865.10827396 BHL Reference page.
Johnson, L.A.S. & Briggs, B.G. 1975. On the Proteaceae—the evolution and classification of a southern family. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 70(2): 83–182. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1975.tb01644.x Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Knightia (Plantae). Published online. Accessed: Mar. 5 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Knightia (Plantae). Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Mar. 2015.
Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. 2006. A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11(3): 314–344. BHL PDF Reference page.