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Definition of Genus kennedia
1. Noun. Genus of Australian woody vines having showy red or purplish flowers.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Papilionoideae, Subfamily Papilionoideae
Member holonyms: Coral Pea
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Kennedia
Literary usage of Genus kennedia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1839)
"From the genus Kennedia a small section has been detached by Baron Hugel, and
formed into a distinct group, under the above generic title. ..."
2. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1904)
"1886 (1880)) says that the genus Kennedia (which, in common with most other
writers, he misspells ..."
3. The British Florist: Or, Lady's Journal of Horticulture (1846)
"... of water while growing; several species of Ipomea are very handsome when
suspended and festooned in various directions ; the genus Kennedia offers many ..."