Knightia (Plantae)

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

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Taxonavigation

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

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.

Heterotypic
- Rymandra Salisb. ex Knight in Cult. Prot.: 124 (1809), nom. rej.

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.
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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Knightia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Knightia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 5 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Knightia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Mar. 2015.