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Coral Peas
Kennedia
Kennedia is a genus of plants comprising 16 species, all native to Australia. They are evergreen climbing plants with woody stems. They usually have trifoliate leaves and pea-type flowers of various colours from pink to dark red and yellow to black. The genus was named by Étienne Pierre Ventenat after John Kennedy, a partner in the renowned firm of nurserymen, Lee and Kennedy of Hammersmith, London.
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Running Postman
speciesKennedia prostrata

Dusky coral pea
speciesKennedia rubicunda

Coral Vine
speciesKennedia coccinea

Black Kennedia
speciesKennedia nigricans

Kennedia carinata
speciesKennedia carinata

Kennedia prorepens
speciesKennedia prorepens

Kennedia lateritia
speciesKennedia lateritia

Kennedia procurrens
speciesKennedia procurrens

Kennedia stirlingii
speciesKennedia stirlingii

Kennedia glabrata
speciesKennedia glabrata

Kennedia beckxiana
speciesKennedia beckxiana

Kennedia microphylla
speciesKennedia microphylla
Kennedia retrorsa
speciesKennedia retrorsa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Kennedia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 139038.