genus rafflesia

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Genus of the Week
... a particular genus. If you like this page, you should also visit the Land of the Glandular Trichomes , a microscopic look at plants in the Lamiaceae family. This week's genus: Rafflesia Subclass ... Root: Named for Sir Stamford Raffles, who led the expedition on which this genus was discovered. Plants in the genus Rafflesia are parasitic, as are all genera in the Rafflesiaceae. The vegetative parts ...
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UCJEPS: Jepson Manual Treatment Indexes
... e.g., Seq gig). You can retrieve all species in a genus by entering a genus name only. When entering infraspecific names, do not include the ... · Buckwheat Family PORTULACACEAE · Purslane Family PRIMULACEAE · Primrose Family PUNICACEAE · Pomegranate Family RAFFLESIACEAE · Rafflesia Family RANUNCULACEAE · Buttercup Family RESEDACEAE · Mignonette Family RHAMNACEAE · Buckthorn Family ROSACEAE · Rose ...
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Flowering Plants
... place the prostrate, herbaceous euphorbias (called spurges) with C-4 photosynthesis in the genus Chamaesyce. Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in full bloom at Christmas time in southern California. ... unrelated plant families, including the milkweed family (Asclepiadaceae), arum family (Araceae) and the rafflesia family (Rafflesiaceae). They incluse some of the most bizarre bloosoms on earth, ...
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Stinking Flowers
... intensely fetid odor as they lie on the desert sands of South Africa. Another genus of climbing milkweeds (Ceropegia) produces striking, malodorous blossoms shaped like a wine glass, ... See A Tetrastigma Vine Naturalized In The Hawaiian Islands The infamous "stinking corpse lily" (Rafflesia arnoldii), the world's largest flower. This remarkable Malaysian/Indonesian endoparasite lives completely ...
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Blooming of Amorphophallus titanum (corpse flower) at BBG
... thought the plant was carnivorous and would destroy the flowers to avoid being eaten! The genus name for the titan arum, Amorphophallus, means "deformed phallus." The first titan arum to bloom ... (flower cluster) of any plant—up to 7 1/2 feet tall. Another Sumatran plant, Rafflesia arnoldii, produces the largest individual flower in the world—up to 3 feet wide (see ...
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Genus of the Week
... Nolana Plantago Polygala Polygonum Protea Punica Pycnanthemum Pyrenacantha Rafflesia Rhamnus Sagittaria Salicornia Sassafras Schlumbergera Sisyrinchium Solidago ... Rafflesia Rhamnus Sagittaria Salicornia Sassafras Schlumbergera Sisyrinchium Solidago Specularia Stevia Strychnos Theligonum Tradescantia Trapa Typha Trochodendron Urtica Vaccinium Voyria Zea Zizia Zostera If you have comments on "Genus ...
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Internet Directory for Botany: Vascular Plant Families
... -specific data or information on important taxa of the target family). Genus of the Week. A different genus is featured each week on this site, giving information about the plant, ... , the Netherlands) Proteaceae The Grevillea Page, by the Society for Growing Australian Plants Rafflesiaceae Rafflesia On-Line from the Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia. ...
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