Rafflesia arnoldii
E124166
Rafflesia arnoldii is a rare parasitic flowering plant native to Southeast Asian rainforests, famous for producing the world’s largest individual flower with a strong carrion-like odor.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rafflesia arnoldii canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flowering plant species
ⓘ
holoparasite ⓘ parasitic plant ⓘ |
| binomialAuthority | R.Br. ex Thomson ⓘ |
| binomialName | Rafflesia arnoldii self-link ⓘ |
| budDevelopmentTime | several months ⓘ |
| chlorophyllPresence | lacks chlorophyll ⓘ |
| commonName |
corpse flower
ⓘ
giant padma ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | endangered ⓘ |
| discoveryPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| distributionPattern | highly localized ⓘ |
| domain | Eukaryota ⓘ |
| endemicTo | Indonesia ⓘ |
| family | Rafflesiaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor | reddish-brown with white spots ⓘ |
| flowerDiameterMax | about 1 meter ⓘ |
| flowerLongevity | about 5 to 7 days ⓘ |
| flowerSex | separate male and female flowers ⓘ |
| flowerStructure | five-lobed corolla-like perianth ⓘ |
| flowerWeightMax | up to 10 kilograms ⓘ |
| genus | Rafflesia ⓘ |
| habitat |
lowland rainforests
ⓘ
primary tropical forests ⓘ |
| hostSpecificity | high host specificity ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Joseph Arnold
ⓘ
Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
surface form:
Sir Stamford Raffles
|
| nativeTo |
Borneo
ⓘ
Southeast Asian rainforests ⓘ Sumatra ⓘ |
| nutrientAcquisition | obtains nutrients from host plant ⓘ |
| odor | strong carrion-like smell ⓘ |
| order | Malpighiales ⓘ |
| organismPartVisible | only the flower emerges from host tissue ⓘ |
| parasitizes |
Tetrastigma
ⓘ
surface form:
Tetrastigma vines
Vitaceae family members ⓘ |
| photosyntheticAbility | non-photosynthetic ⓘ |
| pollinatedBy | carrion flies ⓘ |
| pollinationSyndrome | sapromyiophily ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the world’s largest individual flowers ⓘ |
| reproductionConstraint | requires proximity of male and female flowers ⓘ |
| reproductiveStrategy | unisexual flowers ⓘ |
| seedDispersal | likely by mammals ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| threat |
deforestation
ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ illegal collection ⓘ |
| vegetativeBody | reduced to endophytic strands in host ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.