Lindley, J. in Lindley, J. (ed.) (May 1841), Miscellaneous Notices. Edwards's Botanical Register 27: 41, no. 81 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Swan River."

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 251 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kennedia coccinea (Curtis) Vent. legitimate

Domin, K. (1923), New Additions to the Flora of Western Australia. Vestnik Kralovske Ceske Spolecnosti Nauk, Trida Matematiko-Prirodevedecke 2: 42 [basionym]

basionym of: Kennedia coccinea var. villosa (Lindl.) Domin legitimate

Lally, T.R. (29 September 2010), A taxonomic revision of the Western Australian endemic species Kennedia coccinea (Fabaceae). Nuytsia 20: 203 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: ‘Mr Standish of Bagshot has sent specimens for examination. It is from the Swan [River].’ (lecto (here designated): CGE, n.v., image at CANB).

Lally, T.R. (29 September 2010), A taxonomic revision of the Western Australian endemic species Kennedia coccinea (Fabaceae). Nuytsia 20: 203 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kennedia coccinea (Curtis) Vent. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kennedia coccinea (Curtis) Vent. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Kennedia coccinea (Curtis) Vent. legitimate

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