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Knightia excelsa

Index Knightia excelsa

Knightia excelsa, commonly called rewarewa (from Māori), is an evergreen tree endemic to the low elevation and valley forests of New Zealand's North Island and Marlborough Sounds (41° S) and the type species for the genus Knightia. [1]

22 relations: Endemism, Eudicots, Evergreen, Flower, Flowering plant, Forest, Grevilleoideae, Honey, International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Knightia (plant), Leaf, Marlborough Sounds, Māori language, New Zealand, North Island, Plant, Proteaceae, Proteales, Raceme, Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Type species, Wellington.

Endemism

Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Eudicots

The eudicots, Eudicotidae or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants that had been called tricolpates or non-magnoliid dicots by previous authors.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.

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Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).

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Flowering plant

The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Grevilleoideae

The Grevilleoideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Proteaceae.

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Honey

Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance produced by bees and some related insects.

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International Association for Plant Taxonomy

The International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) promotes an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitates international communication of research between botanists, and oversees matters of uniformity and stability in plant names.

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Knightia (plant)

Knightia is a small genus of the family Proteaceae endemic to New Zealand.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Marlborough Sounds

The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys at the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Māori language

Māori, also known as te reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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North Island

The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.

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Proteaceae

The Proteaceae are a family of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Proteales

Proteales is the botanical name of an order of flowering plants consisting of two (or three) families.

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Raceme

A raceme is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing pedicellate flowers (flowers having short floral stalks called pedicels) along its axis.

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Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s).

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Redirects here:

New Zealand Honeysuckle, New Zealand honeysuckle, Rewarewa.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightia_excelsa

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