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Cycnium tubulosum (L.f.) Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 361 1895. (Syn: Cycnium hamatum Engl. & Gilg; Cycnium heuglinii (Hochst. ex Schweinf.) Engl.; Cycnium questieauxianum De Wild.; Cycnium serratum (Klotzsch) Engl.; Cycnium tubulosum subsp. tubulosum ; Gerardia tubulosa L.f.; Rhamphicarpa curviflora Benth.; Rhamphicarpa hamata (Engler & Gilg) Skan; Rhamphicarpa heuglinii Hochst. ex Schweinf.; Rhamphicarpa montana N.E. Br.; Rhamphicarpa serrata Klotzsch; Rhamphicarpa tubulosa (L.f.) Benth.; Rhamphicarpa tubulosa var. curviflora (Benth.) Chiov.);
South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, North West Prov., Gauteng, Free State,
KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov.), Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana, Madagascar, Angola, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique as per Catalogue of Life Cycnium tubulosum : Orobanchaceae : Kenya : 30DEC16 : AK-53 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (5) As this year comes to an end, another new addition from Kenya.
Pictures taken on the 7th of July, on the way to Masai Mara Game Reserve.
They are commonly known as the Tissue Paper Flowers.
From far, they look like Tissue papers are thrown in the grass.
References: The Plant List Ver.1.1 |
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