| Kabuyea | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Tecophilaeaceae |
| Genus: | Kabuyea Brummitt |
| Species: | K. hostifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Kabuyea hostifolia (Engl.) Brummitt | |
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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.
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.
References
- 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.
- ^ 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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| Kabuyea | |
| Kabuyea hostifolia |
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