The Genus Rafflesia

The "Queen of the Parasites" deserves a photo gallery page devoted just to her!

Click on the Thumbnails to see descriptions and larger phototographs of these species.

Rafflesia arnoldii

 1. Rafflesia arnoldii R. Brown

var. arnoldii
var. atjehensis (Koord.) Meijer

[= R. titan Jack]

Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia
West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Benkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia. R. titan collected in 1821. See Meijer (1997) for discussion.

Rafflesia aurantia thumbnail

 2. Rafflesia aurantia Barcelona, Co & Balete

Quirino Province, Luzon, Philippines
Rafflesia azlanii

 3. Rafflesia azlanii Latiff & Wong 

Peninsular Malaysia. Similar to R. cantleyi.
Rafflesia baletiei thumbnail

 4. Rafflesia baletei Barcelona & Cajano

Southern Luzon, Camarines Sur Province, Philippines
Rafflesia bengkuluensis

 5. Rafflesia bengkuluensis Susatya et al.

Southern Sumatra, Indonesia

 6. Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach

Peninsular Malaysia & Tioman Island

 7. Rafflesia gadutensis Meijer

Western coastal Sumatra and Benkulu, Indonesia

 8. R. hasseltii Suringar

Central Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia

 9. Rafflesia keithii Meijer

Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia)

East Kalimantan (Indonesia)

 10. Rafflesia kerrii Meijer

Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia
Rafflesia lawangensis thumbnail

 11. Rafflesia lawangensis Mat-Salleh, Mahyuni & Susatya

Gunung Leuser National Park, North Sumatra
Rafflesia leonardi thumbnail

 12. Rafflesia leonardi Barcelona & Pelser

[= R. banaoana Malabrigo]
Luzon Island, Philippines
Rafflesia lobata

 13. Rafflesia lobata Galang & Madulid

Panay Island, Philippines

 14. Rafflesia manillana Teschemacher

[= R. lagascae Blanco]
[= R. cumingii R. Brown]
[=R. panchoana Madulid, Tandang & Agoo]
Luzon Island, Philippines
Rafflesia meijeri Thumbnail

 15. Rafflesia meijeri Wiriadinata & Sari

 North Sumatra, Indonesia

 16. Rafflesia micropylora Meijer

North Sumatra, Indonesia
Rafflesia mira thumbnail

 17. Rafflesia mira Fernando & Ong

[= R. magnifica Madulid, Tandang & Agoo]
Mindanao Island, Philippines

 

 18. Rafflesia patma Blume

[= R. zollingeriana Koorders]

Java (Indonesia)

Rafflesia philippensis thumbnail

 

18. Rafflesia philippensis Blanco

[= R. banahaw Barcelona et al.]
[= R. banahawensis Madulid et al.]
Luzon Island, Quezon Province, Mt. Banahaw, Philippines
   Rafflesia pricei small

 20. Rafflesia pricei Meijer

Borneo (Brunei, Sabah, N. Sarawak?) Malaysia;

Kalimantan?, Indonesia

 21. Rafflesia rochussenii Teijsm. & Binnend.

Western Java, Sumatra, Indonesia
Rafflesia schadenbergiana thumbnail

 22. Rafflesia schadenbergiana Göppert


Mindanao, Philippines

    Rafflesia speciosa

 23. Rafflesia speciosa Barcelona & Fernando

Panay Island, Philippines

 24. Rafflesia tengku-adlinii Salleh & Latiff

Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia
 

 25. Rafflesia tuan-mudae Becc.

Form restricted to three isolated Mts. in W. Sarawak, Malaysia
Rafflesia verrucosa thumbnail

 26. Rafflesia verrucosa Balete et al.

Mindanao Island, Philippines
 

 Incompletely Known Species

as Recognized by Meijer (1997)

 
 NO PHOTOGRAPH

 27. Rafflesia borneensis Koorders

Sekerat Mts., NE Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Collected only once (1917); material incomplete.

 NO PHOTOGRAPH

 28. Rafflesia ciliata Koorders

Sekerat Mts., NE Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.

Collected in 1918, possibly 1957.

  NO PHOTOGRAPH

 29. Rafflesia witkampii Koorders

Sekerat Mts., NE Kalimantan. Indonesia.

Described from only a bud, incomplete material exists to determine if it's a distinct species. Similar to R. pricei.


SIUC / College of Science / Parasitic Plant Connection / Rafflesiaceae
URL: http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/Raff.gallery.html
Last updated: 29-Oct-10 / dln