Mueller, F.J.H. von (1866), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 5(37): 154 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Ad oppidulum Somerset juxta promontorium Cape York. J. Jardine."

• Etymology: "Speciem... sacravi E. B. Kennedy, explorationis per paeninsulam Yorkianam infaustissimo conductori." [dedicated to Edmund Besley Court Kennedy, an explorer killed on Cape York Peninsula in December 1848]

Bentham, G. (23 September 1873), Flora Australiensis 6: 40 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 23 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1898), Botany. Contributions to the Flora of Queensland. Queensland Agricultural Journal 3(5): 354 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 417 [secondary reference]

Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 61 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Nepenthaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 7 [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Nepenthes kennedyi Benth. orth. var.

Stanley, T.D. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Nepenthaceae. Flora of Australia 8: 7 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Nepenthes kennedyi Benth. orth. var.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2007), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce legitimate

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