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Knightia R.Br.

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Knightia R.Br., Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 193 (1810)
Knightia R.Br.
Names_Fungi record source Knightia

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2014)

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R.Br.
R.Br.
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
1810
10: 193
ICN
Knightia R.Br.
genus
Knightia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Proteales
Proteaceae
Knightia

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Knightia R.Br.

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. Type sp. endemic to N.Z.; 2 spp. () with foliaceous bracts, occur in New Caledonia.

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Knightia R.Br.
Knightia R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Knightia R.Br.
Knightia R.Br.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Proteaceae
Knightia R.Br.
Knightia R.Br.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2014)
Knightia R.Br.
Knightia
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Knightia R.Br.
Proteaceae

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Weston, P.H.; Barker, N.P. (2006)

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Knightia R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Knightia R.Br.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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46bbacd4-b46c-4c50-bd6b-c985cfc74287
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 June 2007
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