Kabuyea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Tecophilaeaceae
Genus: Kabuyea
Species: K. hostifolia
Name

Kabuyea Brummitt, Kew Bull. 53: 771 (1998)
References

Brummitt, R.K. et al. 1998. Taxonomy of Cyanastroideae ( Tecophilaeaceae): a multidisciplinary approach. Kew Bulletin 53(4): 771. PDF from ResearchGate
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Kabuyea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Dec. 2. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Kabuyea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Dec. 2.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Kabuyea. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 2 2014.

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

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.