Rafflesia
Plant
Rafflesia, or stinking corpse lily, is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. 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... Wikipedia
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Endemic in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, the Rafflesia is the largest single flower on Earth.
Rafflesia arnoldii is one of the three national flowers in Indonesia, the other two being the white jasmine (Jasminum sambac) and moon orchid (Phalaenopsis ...
Rafflesia arnoldi has no leaves, stems or roots, and is a parasitic plant that grows on vines in the genus Tetrastigma.
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Posted: Dec 19, 2016
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Sep 28, 2023 · Most plants in the parasitic genus Rafflesia—which contains the world's largest flower—may be at risk of extinction, new research suggests.
any of a genus (Rafflesia of the family Rafflesiaceae) of Malaysian dicotyledonous plants that are parasitic in other plants and have fleshy usually ...
Sep 20, 2023 · A new study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world's largest flowers, face extinction. Lack of protection at local, national ...
Dec 20, 2021 · Rafflesia arnoldii holds the record for the world's largest individual flower, at over three feet in diameter and 20 pounds. There are other ...
Mar 16, 2024 · Rafflesias are a bizarre group of plants, to put it mildly. To start with they have no leaves, or stems, and their only visible part is the ...