Kennedia lateritia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Kennedia
Species:
K. lateritia
Binomial name
Kennedia lateritia
Synonyms[1]
  • Kennedia macrophylla (Meisn.) Benth. nom. illeg.
  • Kennedia macrophylla (Meisn.) F.Muell nom. illeg.
  • Kennedya macrophylla Benth. orth. var.
  • Kennedya macrophylla F.Muell. orth. var.
  • Physolobium macrophyllum Meisn.

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. 1 2 "Kennedia lateritia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "SPRAT Profile Kennedia lateritia". Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 Messina, Andre; Stajsic, Val. "Kennedia lateritia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Kennedia lateritia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. "Kennedia lateritia". APNI. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 4. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 78–79. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 235. ISBN 9780958034180.
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