Biology:Kennedia lateritia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Kennedia |
| Species: | K. lateritia
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| Kennedia lateritia F.Muell.[1]
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Kennedia lateritia, commonly known as Augusta kennedia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a woody climber with twining stems, trifoliate leaves and orange-red and yellow flowers arranged in groups of up to twenty-four.
Description
Kennedia lateritia is a woody climber with twining stems that cover low vegetation or sometimes climb trees to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft). Its leaves are trifoliate with elliptic, round or broadly egg-shaped leaflets 50–85 mm (2.0–3.3 in) long and 35–75 mm (1.4–3.0 in) wide, each leaf on a petiole 30–50 mm (1.2–2.0 in) long and the end leaflet on petiolule up to about 8 mm (0.31 in) long. There are stipules 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are arranged in up to eight clusters of three along a peduncle up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long, each flower on a pedicel about 8 mm (0.31 in) long. The five sepals are 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long and the petals are 15–18 mm (0.59–0.71 in) long. The standard petal is brick red with a yellow base and the wings are about the same length as the keel. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is a cylindrical pod 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Kennedia lateritia was first formally described in 1864 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (lateritia) means "brick red".[7]
Distribution and habitat
Augusta kennedia grows in low coastal heath, often among granite outcrops in the Augusta-Cape Leeuwin area of south-western Western Australia.[2][3][4]
Conservation status
This species of twining pea is listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" (as Kennedia macrophylla) by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. The main threats to the species include trampling by tourists, inappropriate fire regimes and land clearing.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kennedia lateritia". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/96785.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "SPRAT Profile Kennedia lateritia". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=45985.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Messina, Andre; Stajsic, Val. "Kennedia lateritia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/29cdc054-bad4-436d-9e82-781c2929dc1c.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Kennedia lateritia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/33518.
- ↑ "Kennedia lateritia". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/521564.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 4. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 78–79. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7221#page/80/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 235. ISBN 9780958034180.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q27828527 entry
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