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Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. He was found in the rainforests of Indonesia by an Indonesian guide working for Dr.. Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Thomas Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition. It consists of approximately 27 species (including four that have not fully known characteristics as recognized by Meijer 1997), all species found in Southeast Asia, the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and the Philippines. This plant has no stems, leaves or true roots. Rafflesia is a endoparasit on Tetrastigma vines of the genus (family Vitaceae), spreading haustoriumnya similar roots in the network of vines. The only part of Rafflesia plant that can be seen outside its host plant is the flower crowned five. In some species, such as Rafflesia arnoldii, diameter of flowers may be more than 100 cm, and weighs up to 10 kg. Even the smallest species, Rafflesia manillana, flower diameter 20 cm. The flowers look and smell like rotting flesh, that's why he called the "corpse flower" or "meat flower". An unpleasant smell flowers attract insects such as flies and dung beetles, which carry pollen from male flowers to female flowers. Little is known about the spread of seeds. However, squirrels and other forest mammals eat the fruit and distribute it turns out the seeds. Rafflesia is the official state flower of Indonesia, as well as the province of Surat Thani, Thailand.
The name "corpse flower" which is used to Rafflesia is confusing because common names are also used to refer to the Amorphophallus titanum (suweg giant / trunk krebuit) from the family Araceae. Moreover, because Amorphophallus has the largest branched inflorescence in the world did not, he is sometimes mistakenly regarded as the world's largest flower. Both Rafflesia and Amorphophallus are flowering plants, but their kinship distance. Arnoldii Rafflesia has the world's largest single flower of all flowering plants, at least when people judge by their weight. Amorphophallus titanum has the largest branched inflorescence not while palm Talipot (Corypha umbraculifera) has the largest branched inflorescence, consisting of thousands of flowers; monokarpik this plant, which means that each individual die after flowering.
[endtext]The name "corpse flower" which is used to Rafflesia is confusing because common names are also used to refer to the Amorphophallus titanum (suweg giant / trunk krebuit) from the family Araceae. Moreover, because Amorphophallus has the largest branched inflorescence in the world did not, he is sometimes mistakenly regarded as the world's largest flower. Both Rafflesia and Amorphophallus are flowering plants, but their kinship distance. Arnoldii Rafflesia has the world's largest single flower of all flowering plants, at least when people judge by their weight. Amorphophallus titanum has the largest branched inflorescence not while palm Talipot (Corypha umbraculifera) has the largest branched inflorescence, consisting of thousands of flowers; monokarpik this plant, which means that each individual die after flowering.