Rafflesia arnoldi

Summary

Rafflesia arnoldi is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,362 views/month, #809 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Rafflesia arnoldi's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Rafflesia arnoldi is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Joseph Arnold is named after Rafflesia arnoldi^[5].
• Rafflesia arnoldi belongs to the parent taxon Rafflesia^[6].
• Rafflesia arnoldi is endemic to Sumatra^[7].
• Rafflesia arnoldi is endemic to Borneo^[8].
• Rafflesia arnoldi's scientific name is Rafflesia arnoldi^[9].
• Rafflesia arnoldi's Commons category is recorded as Rafflesia arnoldii^[10].
• Rafflesia arnoldi's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'R. arnoldii'}^[11].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Rafflesia arnoldi is Rafflesia arnoldi^[9]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Rafflesia^[6].

Discovery and Description

Joseph Arnold is named after Rafflesia arnoldi^[5].

Distribution

Recorded endemic to include Sumatra^[7] and Borneo^[8].

Identifiers

Rafflesia arnoldi's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 337568^[12]. Rafflesia arnoldi's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 577516^[13]. Rafflesia arnoldi's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 5514311^[14]. Rafflesia arnoldi's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 7279683^[15].

Why It Matters

Rafflesia arnoldi ranks in the top 0.41% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,362 views/month, #809 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[16] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[17]