Knightia

Translingual

Etymology 1

Fossil of Knightia, likely K. alta

Named after American geologist Wilbur Clinton Knight.

Proper noun

†Knightia f

1. 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

• (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

• (fish genus): Knightia alta, Knightia bohaiensis, Knightia eocaena, Knightia humulus, Knightia irregularis, Knightia vetusta, Knightia branneri, Knightia yuyanga – species

References

• Knightia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Knightia (Clupeidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Knightia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

Illustration of Knightia excelsa

Named after English botanist and horticulturalist Thomas Andrew Knight.

Proper noun

Knightia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Proteaceae – a genus of extant woody plants endemic to New Zealand.

Hypernyms

• (plant genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots – clades; Proteales – order; Proteaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (plant genus): Knightia excelsa (New Zealand honeysuckle, rewarewa) – type species; Knightia deplanchei, Knightia strobilina – disputed species

References

• Knightia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Knightia (Plantae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Knightia (Proteaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons