Kabuyea is a plant genus in the family Tecophilaeaceae, first described as a genus in 1998. It has one known species, Kabuyea hostifolia, native to Tanzania and Mozambique.[2][3]

Kabuyea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Tecophilaeaceae
Genus: Kabuyea
Brummitt
Species:
K. hostifolia
Binomial name
Kabuyea hostifolia
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyanastrum hostifolium Engl.
  • Cyanastrum bussei Engl.

Description

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Kabuyea hostifolia has a corm that lacks a protective tunic. The leaves are all basal and usually number four, both the leaves and the inflorescence emerging from the same corm-scale, and being present simultaneously. The inflorescence is a raceme, each floret having white tepals and parts in sixes.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Eastern Arc Mountains & Coastal Forests CEPF Plant Assessment Project (2009). "Kabuyea hostifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T158144A5186907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T158144A5186907.en. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. ^ Klaus Kubitzki (2013). Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 434. ISBN 978-3-662-03533-7.