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  2. Rafflesia - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.

  3. Pathless Forest - Wikipedia

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    Pathless Forest: The Quest to Save the World's Largest Flowers is a non-fiction book written by University of Oxford botanist Chris Thorogood. [1] Published in 2024, the book explores the world of plant biodiversity and the intricacies of botanical ecosystems, with a particular focus on the author's quest to find Rafflesia, the world's largest flower.

  4. Rafflesiaceae - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of Rhizanthes (then known as Brugmansia), a Rafflesiaceae species from Der Bau und die Eigenschaften der Pflanzen (1913).. The Rafflesiaceae are a family of rare parasitic plants comprising 36 species in 3 genera found in the tropical forests of east and southeast Asia, including Rafflesia arnoldii, which has the largest flowers of all plants.

  5. Rafflesia arnoldii - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [2] or giant padma, [3] Its local name is Petimum Sikinlili. It is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia within the family Rafflesiaceae. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [4] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [5]

  6. Rafflesia meijeri - Wikipedia

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    They published their discovery in the journal Reinwardtia entitled "A new species of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) from North Sumatra". [1] [2] Only male plants were obtained in the type locality at the time of its discovery. [1] The male flower has a width of 13–14 centimetres (5.1–5.5 in) and a height of 5–6 centimetres (2.0–2.4 in).

  7. Rafflesia schadenbergiana - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia schadenbergiana is a parasitic plant species in the family Rafflesiaceae, endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It has the largest flower among the Rafflesia species found in the Philippines, with a diameter of 52–80 cm (20–30 in). [1] [2] It has also the second largest flower in the genus after R. arnoldii.

  8. Rafflesia zollingeriana - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia zollingeriana was first described by Dutch-Indonesian botanist Sijfert Hendrik Koorders in his 1918 monograph on the Rafflesiaceae of Indonesia. [1] [10] He had collected the holotype in 1902, not far from the beach (Pantai Puger) near the village and forestry research station (boschproefstation) of Puger [], in what is now the Jember Regency, on a hill called Puger Watangan.

  9. Flora of Borneo - Wikipedia

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    The flora of Borneo include 15 species of dicot tree, 37 species of non-tree dicot and 49 species of monocot endemic to the rich forest of Brunei Darussalam. [1] Borneo is also home to the world's largest flower, the "corpse flower" (Rafflesia arnoldii), which can reach nearly 3 feet (0.91 meters) in diameter and up to 15 pounds (6.8 kg) in ...