7623.000 Cycnium E. Mey. ex Benth.

Description of the genus

Hemiparasitic herbs or subshrubs, turning black on drying. Leaves mainly opposite, entire, pinnatisect or 2-pinnatisect, ± sessile. Flowers in terminal spikes or solitary and axillary. Bracts leaf-like. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Corolla 5-lobed, salver-shaped; limb 2-lipped with the 2 upper lobes united and smaller than the lower. Stamens 4. Anthers strictly with 1 theca. Fruit a capsule or berry.

Worldwide: 15 species, occurring from East Africa southwards to South Africa

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
adonense E. Mey. ex Benth. subsp. adonense	B,N,W,C,E,S	Lk,W	Description, Image
filicalyx (E.A. Bruce) O. J. Hansen		S
tubulosum (L.f.) Engl.	B,N,W,C,E,S	N,Mc,C,W	Description, Image

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