Rafflesia manillana
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Description
Flower buds up to 8 cm across, cupule 2.5-3 cm high, 4-6 cm wide, bud scales up to 5.5-7 cm long. Flowers 15-20 cm wide and 7-9 cm high when expanded.
Distribution
Leyte present, Luzon present, Samar present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Samar, Leyte). Most of these records are old history. The species is now rare and endangered.
Notes
This is the smallest known Rafflesia, with flowers only about 15-20 cm in diameter, a very narrow diaphragm, the whitish lobed ramenta only up to 1 mm tall and male flowers only with 10-15 anthers.
Citation
Merr. 1918: Spec. Blanc.: 135
Harms 1935 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2, 16b: 264
Pancho 1983: Vase. Fl. Mt Makiling: 312: f. 98
Teschemacher 1842 – In: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.: 381
W.H.Br. 1912: p. 209. – In: Philipp. J. Sc., Bot.: t. 12, 21
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 120
Solms-Laubach 1891: p. 241. – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg: t. 26, f. 7-10