Knightia
Translingual edit
Etymology 1 edit
Named after American geologist Wilbur Clinton Knight.
Proper noun edit
†Knightia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Clupeidae – bony fish that lived in the freshwater lakes and rivers of North America and Asia during the Eocene epoch.
Hypernyms edit
- (fish genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Clupeomorpha - superorder; Clupeiformes - order; Clupeidae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (fish genus): Knightia alta, Knightia bohaiensis, Knightia eocaena, Knightia humulus, Knightia irregularis, Knightia vetusta, Knightia branneri, Knightia yuyanga - species
References edit
Knightia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Knightia (Clupeidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Knightia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2 edit
Named after English botanist and horticulturalist Thomas Andrew Knight.
Proper noun edit
Knightia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – a genus of extant woody plants endemic to New Zealand.
Hypernyms edit
- (plant genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Proteales - order; Proteaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (plant genus): Knightia excelsa (New Zealand honeysuckle, rewarewa) - type species; Knightia deplanchei, Knightia strobilina - disputed species
References edit
- Knightia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Knightia (Plantae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Knightia (Proteaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons