Rafflesia pricei Meijer is a plant in the Rafflesiaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Rafflesia pricei Meijer

Rafflesia pricei Meijer

Rafflesia pricei Meijer is a parasitic endemic flowering plant of Borneo, discovered by William Price in the 1960s on Mount Kinabalu.

Family
Genus
Rafflesia
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Rafflesia pricei Meijer

Rafflesia pricei Meijer is a parasitic flowering plant that is endemic to Borneo. It was named for amateur botanist William Price, who discovered this species on Mount Kinabalu during the 1960s. The Rafflesia Forest Reserve was created primarily to protect this plant species.

Photo: (c) James Miller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by James Miller · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Rafflesiaceae Rafflesia

More from Rafflesiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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