Kennedia

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Kennedia
Coral bean (Kennedia rubicunda)

Coral bean ( Kennedia rubicunda )

Systematics
Eurosiden I
Order : Fabales (Fabales)
Family : Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily : Butterflies (Faboideae)
Tribe : Phaseoleae
Genre : Kennedia
Scientific name
Kennedia
Vent.

Kennedia (Kenne diene or purple beans) is a genus in the family of the Leguminosae (Fabaceae) to the subfamily Schmetterlingsblütler part (Faboideae).

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Illustration of the coral bean ( Kennedia rubicunda ) from The Botanical Magazine , Plate 268, Volume 8, 1794
Illustration from Kennedia prostrata

Vegetative characteristics

The Kennedia species are evergreen, woody or perennial herbaceous plants . They are exclusively climbing plants . They do not contain resins and essential oils . The well-developed leaves are pinnate in three parts.

Generative characteristics

The flower colors range from pink to dark red, yellow and black. The 12–60 millimeter long legumes have no spines and few short hairs. The fruits contain 4 to 50 seeds .

Spread and threat

All species of the genus Kennedia are native to Australia . Of the eleven species in the state of Western Australia , ten are endemic . Most of the species are not threatened. However, Kennedia glabrata and Kennedia lateritia are rare and protected, the population of Kennedia beckxiana is observed.

Systematics

Flowers of Kennedia nigricans

The genus Kennedia was established in 1805 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat in Jardin de la Malmaison , plate 104. The name honors John Kennedy (1759–1842), an English gardener and plant breeder from London. Synonyms for Kennedia Vent. nom. cons. are: Caulinia Moench , Kennedya DC. orth. var., Physolobium Benth. , Zichya hill .

There are about 16 species in the genus Kennedia , including:

literature

  • Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .
  • Geoff Bryant: Australian native plants: choosing, cultivating and using them. Random House, North Sydney 2005, pp. 246-247 ISBN 1-74166-030-0 .
  • Brian J. Grieve, William E. Blackall: How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia. Part 2. Dicotyledons (Amaranthaceae to Lythraceae). University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands 1998 ISBN 1-875560-29-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). FloraBase - The Western Australian Flora . Department of Environment and Conservation: Kennedia Vent. (English, accessed March 31, 2010)
  2. ^ Western Australian Herbarium (1998-). FloraBase - The Western Australian Flora. Department of Environment and Conservation: Status Kennedia (accessed April 11, 2010)
  3. ^ Kennedia at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed March 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Birkhäuser, Basel / Boston / Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7643-2390-6 , p. 318.
  5. ^ A b Kennedia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

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