Kabuyea

Kabuyea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Tecophilaeaceae
Genus:	Kabuyea; Brummitt
Species:	K. hostifolia
Binomial name
	Kabuyea hostifolia; (Engl.) Brummitt
Synonyms
	Cyanastrum hostifolium Engl.; Cyanastrum bussei Engl.;

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.^[1]^[2]

Description[]

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.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
^ Klaus Kubitzki (2013). Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 434. ISBN 978-3-662-03533-7.

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[a-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

[Kubitzki-3] Klaus Kubitzki (2013). Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 434. ISBN 978-3-662-03533-7.

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