''Eucarpha strobilina'', synonym ''Knightia strobilina'', is a

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in the family Proteaceae, native to New Caledonia.

Taxonomy

The taxonomic history of the species is somewhat tangled, as some names have been used that were not formally published. The species was first described as ''Embothrium strobilinum'' by

Jacques Labillardière Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (28 October 1755 – 8 January 1834) was a French biologist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the La Pérouse expedition. He pub ...

in 1806. In 1830, Robert Brown wrote that it seemed to belong to ''Knightia'', but did not actually make the combination, so the name "''Knightia strobilina'' R.Br." is invalid. In 1856,

Carl Meissner Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 ...

listed "''K.? strobilina''" under ''Knightia'', referring to Brown, and excluded it from ''Embothrium''; the combination ''Knightia strobilina'' was also used in 1968. Following Meissner, the species continued to be placed in ''Knightia'' until 1975, when Lawrence Johnson and Barbara G. Briggs recognized the distinctness of two New Caledonian species of ''Knightia'', particularly their prominent bracts, and transferred both to ''Eucarpha'', a transfer supported in 2006. The nomenclatural combination for the species in the genus ''Eucarpha'' was only published in 2022.

References

Roupaleae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Plants described in 1806 {{Proteaceae-stub