Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Knightia R.Br., Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 193 (1810)
 Description

Fls perfect, regular, 4-merous, racemed on paired pedicels. Per. cylindric, segs separating and curling spirally. Stamens attached above middle; filaments very short, anthers long linear. Hypog. glands 4; ovary sessile, 1-celled, 4-ovuled; style long, persistent. Follicles woody, seeds winged at apex. Trees or shrubs with alt. lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Knightia R.Br.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Garnock-Jones, P.J. 2014: Evidence-based review of the taxonomic status of New Zealand’s endemic seed plant genera. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 163–212.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
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.