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R. pricei. Binomial name. Rafflesia pricei. Meijer. Rafflesia pricei is a parasitic flowering plant endemic to Borneo. It is named after amateur botanist William Price, who discovered the species on Mount Kinabalu in the 1960s. [ 1] The Rafflesia Forest Reserve was established mainly to protect the species.
Rafflesia. Rafflesia (/ rəˈfliːz (i) ə, - ˈfliːʒ (i) ə, ræ -/), [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.
The Rafflesia Information Centre is located along the road from Kota Kinabalu to Tambunan. Several sites with wild specimens of the parasitic flowering plant Rafflesia pricei are reachable via hiking trails from the centre. [3] Rafflesia pricei, a flowering plant commonly seen in the Rafflesia Forest Reserve.
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. The plants are endoparasites of vines in the genus Tetrastigma ( Vitaceae) and lack stems, leaves, roots, and any ...
Pages in category "Rafflesia" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. ... Rafflesia philippensis; Rafflesia pricei; R. Rafflesia lawangensis;
Rafflesia titan Jack. Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [2] or giant padma, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [4] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [5] It is native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo. [6]
Rafflesia banahawensis Madulid, Villariba-Tolentino, & Agoo. Rafflesia philippensis is a parasitic plant species of the Rafflesiaceae family [1] that was named by Francisco Manuel Blanco in his Flora de Filipinas in 1845. The species is known only from a mountain located between the provinces of Laguna and Quezon, Luzon where it was first ...
The Rafflesia consueloae discovery was a result of a long-term biodiversity conservation and monitoring program at the Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed which commenced in March 2011. [1] R. consueloae was discovered on 11 February 2014 [2] when a researcher walking in a heavily degraded rain forest north of Manila tripped over a mass of rotting ...