Rafflesia (Rafflesia spp)

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Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Proteaceae
Family	Rafflesiaceae
Genus	Rafflesia (1)
Size	Flower diameter: up to 91 cm (2)

Status

Rafflesia manillana is classified as Endangered (EN) on the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants (1). R. keithii and R. pricei are classified as Vulnerable (VU); R. cantleyi, R. kerrii and R. zollingeriana are classified as Rare (R) (1); R. hasseltii is classified as Indeterminate (I) (1).