Kabuyea

Kabuyea
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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 [2]
Cyanastrum hostifoliumEngl. Cyanastrum busseiEngl.

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]}

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. ^[4]

The species is named in honor of Ugandan ethnobotanist Christine H. Sophie Kabuye. ^[5]

References

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. 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.
5. Brummitt, R. K.; Banks, Hannah; Johnson, Margaret A. T.; Docherty, Katharine A.; Jones, Keith; Chase, Mark W.; Rudall, Paula J. (1998). "Taxonomy of Cyanastroideae (Tecophilaeaceae): A Multidisciplinary Approach". Kew Bulletin. 53 (4): 769–803. doi:10.2307/4118869. ISSN   0075-5974.