Rafflesia

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Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants known for producing some of the world’s largest and foul-smelling blooms, often called “corpse flowers.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
parasitic plant genus
plant species
clade Angiosperms
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Eudicots
commonName corpse flower
conservationStatus threatened
discoveredBy Louis Auguste Deschamps
family Rafflesiaceae
flowerColor reddish-brown
flowerDiameterMax about 1 meter
flowerPattern pale warts or spots
flowerType unisexual
flowerWeightMax about 10 kilograms
formallyDescribedBy Robert Brown
growthForm endoparasite
habitat tropical rainforest
hasLargestSingleFlower true
hasLeaves false
hasRoots false
hasStems false
kingdom Plantae
largestSpecies Rafflesia arnoldii
lifeStageVisibleExternally flower
namedAfter Stamford Raffles
nativeTo Borneo
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Southeast Asia
Sumatra
Thailand
odor rotting flesh
order Malpighiales
parasitizes Tetrastigma
Vitaceae
photosynthetic false
pollinatedBy flies
pollinationSyndrome sapromyiophily
reproduction seeds
reproductiveChallenge requires proximity of male and female flowers
reproductiveStructure flower
seedDispersal mammals
smellFunction attract carrion flies
taxonRank genus
threat deforestation
habitat loss
yearDescribed 1821

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Rafflesia arnoldii genus Rafflesia
Rafflesia patma genus Rafflesia
Raffles hasNamesake Rafflesia (genus name honoring Raffles)
linked to: Rafflesia
Khao Sok National Park hasFlora rafflesia
linked to: Rafflesia
Royal Belum State Park hasFlora Rafflesia
Malesia hasNotableTaxonGroup Rafflesia
Rafflesia keithii genus Rafflesia
Rafflesiaceae containsGenus Rafflesia
Rafflesiaceae typeGenus Rafflesia
Rafflesiaceae namedAfter Rafflesia
Thomas Stamford Raffles commemoratedBy Rafflesia (plant genus named in his honour)
subject linked to: Thomas
linked to: Rafflesia