Knightia excelsa R.Br. belongs to the Proteaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

No collection number

November 26, 2007

Location

New Zealand, Waikato

-37.534917, 175.740389

Location Remarks

Mount Te Aroha. Domain Trail

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Proteales

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Knightia

Specific Epithet

excelsa

Authorship

R.Br.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

High

ED 25.2

Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

2.9

Global rank

#8,198 of 335,497

Top 3%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →