Knightia R.Br.

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Credits

Article from New Trees by John Grimshaw & Ross Bayton

Recommended citation
'Knightia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/knightia/). Accessed 2026-01-23.

Family

Proteaceae

Species in genus

Knightia excelsa

Glossary

endemic: (of a plant or an animal) Found in a native state only within a defined region or country.
included: (botanical) Contained within another part or organ.

References

Weston, P. H. & Barker, N. P. (2006). A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera

Credits

Article from New Trees by John Grimshaw & Ross Bayton

Recommended citation
'Knightia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/knightia/). Accessed 2026-01-23.

Coarsely serrate-dentate lamina margin on Knightia excelsa (Tregrehan, Cornwall, UK – 24 September 2018). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

The monotypic genus Knightia previously included two New Caledonian species, neither of which is in cultivation, and which are now placed by themselves in Eucarpha (Weston & Barker 2006). It is one of only two Proteaceae species endemic to New Zealand.

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