Rafflesia gadutensis
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Distribution
Kayu Tanam present, Ophir District present, Padang-Bukittinggi; Bengkulu present, Padang-Solok present, Ulu Gadut present, Westcoast present
Malesia: W Sumatra (Westcoast, Ophir District, Padang-Bukittinggi; Bengkulu, Kayu Tanam, Padang-Solok, Ulu Gadut).
Notes
Beccari collected the species in August 1878 near Ayer Mancior, the waterfall in the Anei Canyon between Padang and Bukit Tinggi, at about 360 m altitude near Kayu Tanam, West Sumatra. He and Solms-Laubach misidentified this species as Rafflesia arnoldii.
First seen by Korthals around 1834 and illustrated for him but unpublished; also copies made for Solms-Laubach. Also found near the gold and silver mine Simau, Bengkulu, and photographed there around 1934 by K. Schaefer .