Brown, R. (8 March 1810), On the Proteaceae of Jussieu. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 10(1): 193 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Knightia excelsa R.Br.

• Etymology: "This genus, which was discovered by Sir Joseph Banks, is with his approbation, named in honour of his friend Thomas Andrew Knight, esq. the author of many valuable essays on Vegetable Physiology, published in the Philosophical Transactions."

Burbidge, N.T. (1963), Dictionary of Australian Plant Genera: 166 [secondary reference]

• Text: "For Australian spp. formerly referred to this see under DARLINGIA."
• Comment: No other reference to use for Australian taxa has been found.

Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. (13 November 2006), A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11(3): 334 [secondary reference]

• Text: "One sp. (K. excelsa R.Br.), New Zealand..."

Garnock-Jones, P.J. (2014), Evidence-based review of the taxonomic status of New Zealand's endemic seed plant genera. New Zealand Journal of Botany 52(2): 198-199 [secondary reference]

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