Rafflesia patma

Rafflesia patma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Rafflesiaceae
Genus: Rafflesia
Species: R. patma
Binomial name
Rafflesia patma
Blume
Synonyms

Rafflesia zollingeriana
Koorders[1]

Rafflesia patma is a parasitic plant species of the genus Rafflesia. It was first collected from the Indonesian island of Kembangan, located off the Indian Ocean coast of Java.

The name is derived from patma, the Javan vernacular name of the plant.

References

  1. "Rafflesia Zollingeriana" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2008-12-10.

External links

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