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Knightia excelsa (rewarewa)

Synonyms: Rymandra excelsa (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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. Rewarewa grows to 30 m tall, with a slender crown. The leaves are alternate, leathery, narrow oblong, 10 – 15 cm long and 2.5 - 3.5 cm wide, and without stipules. The flowers are 2 - 3.5 cm long, bright red, and borne in racemes 10 cm long. Produces dry woody follicles.
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Pollinated by 
Mystacina tuberculata (New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat)[6]

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♦ 1HONEYEATERS AND THE NEW ZEALAND FOREST FLORA: THE UTILISATION AND PROFITABILITY OF SMALL FLOWERS, Isabel Castro and Alastair W. Robertson, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1997) 21(2): 169-179
♦ 2New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
♦ 3FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE RED-CROWNED PARAKEET (CYANORAMPHUS NOVAEZELANDIAE NOVAEZELANDIAE) AND YELLOW-CROWNED PARAKEET (C. AURICEPS AURICEPS) ON LITTLE BARRIER ISLAND, HAURAKI GULF, NEW ZEALAND, Terry C. Greene, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1998) 22(2): 161-171
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 5THE DIET OF THE NORTH ISLAND KAKA (NESTOR MERIDIONALIS SEPTENTRIONALIS) ON KAPITI ISLAND, Ron J. Moorhouse, New Zealand Journal of Ecology (1997) 21(2): 141-152
♦ 6Mystacina tuberculata, Gerald G. Carter and Daniel K. Riskin, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 790, pp. 1-8 (2006)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0