Rafflesia  (Rafflesia spp)

Range

Species of Rafflesia are known from peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, southern Thailand, Borneo and southern Philippines (4). The genus as a whole is considered to be rare although information on distribution is lacking due to the difficulties of identifying plants within their host vines (4).

Habitat

Rafflesia plants are specialist parasites only found in association with specific species of the host vine Tetrastigma spp. These vines are found in both primary and secondary rainforest (4).

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