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Knightia excelsa R.Br.

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Knightia excelsa R.Br., Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10: 194 (1810)
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Names_Fungi record source Knightia excelsa R.Br.

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R.Br.
R.Br.
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
1810
10: 194
ICN
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
species
Knightia excelsa

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Proteales
Proteaceae
Knightia
excelsa

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is host of
Campylopus pallidus Hook.f. & Wilson
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Cheilolejeunea mimosa (Hook.f. & Taylor) R.M.Schust.
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is host of
Cladomnion ericoides (Hook.) Hook.f. & Wilson
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is host of
Cololejeunea velutina Glenny & M.A.M.Renner
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is host of
Dichelodontium nitidum (Hook.f. & Wilson) Broth.
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page
is host of
Dicnemon calycinum (Hook.) Schwägr.
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is host of
Drepanolejeunea aucklandica Steph.
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is host of
Drymoanthus adversus (Hook.f.) Dockrill
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is host of
Earina aestivalis Cheeseman
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is host of
Earina mucronata Lindl.
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is host of
Frullania monocera (Hook.f. & Taylor) Gottsche, Lindenb. & Nees
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is host of
Heterodermia leucomela (L.) Poelt
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is host of
Holomitrium perichaetiale (Hook.) Brid.
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is host of
Leptogium cyanescens (Rabenh.) Körb.
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is host of
Leptostomum macrocarpon (Hedw.) Bach.Pyl.
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is host of
Mastigolejeunea anguiformis (Hook.f. & Taylor) B.Thiers & Gradst.
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is host of
Menegazzia nothofagi (Zahlbr.) P.James & D.J.Galloway
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is host of
Metzgeria furcata (L.) Corda
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is host of
Papillaria crocea (Hampe) A.Jaeger
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is host of
Pseudocyphellaria coriacea (Hook.f. & Taylor) D.J.Galloway & P.James
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is host of
Schlotheimia knightii Müll.Hal.
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is host of
Wijkia extenuata (Brid.) H.A.Crum
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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 excelsa R.Br.

Fastigiately branched tree up to 30 m. tall, trunk up to 1 m. or more diam.; final branchlets angled, clad in ferruginous tomentum. Lvs of juveniles thinly coriac., up to ± 30 cm. long, linear-lanceolate, acutely serrate, occ. forked. Lvs of adults very thick, 10-15-(20) cm. × 25-40 mm., on stout petioles c. 1 cm. long. Lamina narrow-oblong to narrow obovate-oblong, rigid; bluntly, coarsely serrate, pubescent when young; occ. forked. Racemes stout, up to ± 10 cm. long, densely fld; pedicels and per. densely clad in red-brown tomentum. Ovary tomentose; style up to 3 cm. long, stout, clavate. Follicles 3-4 cm. long, pubescent, tapering to persistent style. Seeds c. 10 mm. long, terminated by wing c. 15 mm. long.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Knightia excelsa R.Br.

2n = 28
n = 14

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Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Knightia R.Br.
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
Knightia excelsa R.Br.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Knightia excelsa R.Br.

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Knightia excelsa R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Knightia excelsa R.Br.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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9422a270-173f-4bc1-b642-291e11095e23
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 June 2007
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