Rafflesiaceae

Rafflesia arnoldii Typus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Rafflesiaceae
Genera: Rafflesia – Rhizanthes – Sapria

Name

Rafflesiaceae Dum., Anal. Fam. Pl.: 14 (1829), nom. cons.

• Type genus: Rafflesia R.Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 207 (1821).

References

Primary references

• Dumortier, B.-C. 1829. Analyse des Familles de Plantes: avec l'indication des principaux genres qui s'y rattachent. 104 pp., Tournay, J. Casterman. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Koorders, S.H. 1918. Botanisch overzicht der Rafflesiaceae van Nederlandsch-Indië. G. Kolff & Co., Batavia. pp.128 -->PDF(Dutch), PDF(English).
• Meijer, W. 1997. Rafflesiaceae. Flora Malesiana 13: 1–42. -->PDF!
• Davis, C.C., Latvis, M., Nickrent, D.L., Wurdack, K.J., & Baum, D.A. 2007. Floral gigantism in Rafflesiaceae, Science 315: 1812.

Links

• Nickrent, D.L. 2022. The Parasitic Plant Connection, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Available on line [1]. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Rafflesiaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 Mar. 1. Reference page. 
• Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2014. Rafflesiaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 1 Mar. 2014.
• Watson, L. & Dallwitz, M.J. (1992 onwards) The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. Version: 19th Oct 2013.[2]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Rafflesiengewächse
suomi: Rafflesiakasvit
中文: 大花草科

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