Rafflesia

Summary

Rafflesia is a taxon^[1]. Rafflesia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• Rafflesia's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Rafflesia is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Thomas Stamford Raffles is named after Rafflesia^[5].
• Rafflesia is classified within Rafflesiaceae^[6].
• Rafflesia's scientific name is Rafflesia^[7].
• Rafflesia's Commons category is recorded as Rafflesia^[8].
• The taxonomic type of Rafflesia is Rafflesia arnoldi^[9].
• Rafflesia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rafflesia^[10].
• Rafflesia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[11].
• Rafflesia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Rafflesia's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10231^[13].
• Rafflesia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'rafflesiat'}^[14].
• Rafflesia's has fruit type is recorded as berry^[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Rafflesia is Rafflesia^[7]. Rafflesia is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Rafflesia belongs to the parent taxon Rafflesiaceae^[6]. The taxonomic type of Rafflesia is Rafflesia arnoldi^[9]. Rafflesia is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'rafflesiat'}^[14].

Discovery and Description

Thomas Stamford Raffles is named after Rafflesia^[5].

Identifiers

Rafflesia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 120860^[16]. Rafflesia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 26955^[17]. Rafflesia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5514310^[18]. Rafflesia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7279678^[19].

Why It Matters

Rafflesia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Rafflesia is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]