Kabuyea Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=279785 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Pope, G.V. (ed.) (2001). Flora Zambesiaca 12(3): 1-106. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Book: Klaus Kubitzki. Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). 2013. Springer Science & Business Media . 978-3-662-03533-7 . 434.