- Kennedia coccinea
Taxobox
name = Coral Vine
image_caption = "Kennedia coccinea" inGlen Forrest, Western Australia
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Fabales
familia =Fabaceae
subfamilia =Faboideae
tribus =Phaseoleae
genus = "Kennedia "
species = "K. coccinea"
binomial = "Kennedia coccinea"
binomial_authority =Vent.
synonyms ="Kennedia coccinea" (Coral Vine) is a species of
flowering plant in the familyFabaceae , endemic to the south-west ofWestern Australia . It is a low growing trailing shrub or climber which has twining rust-coloured branchlets with rounded leaflets that are about 1.5 cm long and occur in threes. Orange red or scarlet pea flowers flowers are produced in clusters between August and November in its native range.cite book|author=Bodkin, Frances|year=1991|place=Australia|title=Encyclopaedia Botanica|publisher=Cornstalk Publishing|id=ISBN 0207150648] FloraBase|name="Kennedia coccinea |id=4037]The species was first formally described by
E.P. Ventenat in 1804 in "Jardin de la Malmaison ".cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=KENNEDIA+COCCINEA|title="Kennedia coccinea" |accessdate=2008-09-24|work=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra] Two varieties were described in "Paxton's Magazine of Botany " in 1835, namely var. "elegans" and var. "coccinea". Three further varieties were transferred from the genus "Zichya" in 1923 byDomin , namely var. "molly" , var. and var. "villosa". Currently, theWestern Australian Herbarium recognises only two informal subspecies known tentatively as subsp. CoastalFloraBase|name= "Kennedia coccinea" subsp. Coastal|id=31382 ] and subsp. Inland. [FloraBase|name="Kennedia coccinea" subsp. Inland |id=31381 ]Cultivation
The species is naturally adapted to sandy or lighter soils and prefers some shade. It is resistant to drought and has some frost tolerance. Plants can be propagated by scarified seed or cuttings of semi-mature growth.
References
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