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 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]
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^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.
^ abKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
kabuyea, plant, genus, family, tecophilaeaceae, first, described, genus, 1998, known, species, hostifolia, native, tanzania, mozambique, conservation, statusleast, concern, iucn, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheophytesclade, angiospermsc. 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 KabuyeaConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsOrder AsparagalesFamily TecophilaeaceaeGenus KabuyeaBrummittSpecies K hostifoliaBinomial nameKabuyea hostifolia Engl BrummittSynonyms 2 Cyanastrum hostifolium Engl Cyanastrum bussei Engl Description editKabuyea 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 edit Eastern Arc Mountains amp 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 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 amp Business Media p 434 ISBN 978 3 662 03533 7 nbsp This Asparagales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kabuyea amp oldid 1179734496, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
