Rafflesia gadutensis

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Rafflesia gadutensis

Description

Flowers 40-46 cm diam.

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 First seen by Korthals around 1834 and illustrated for him but unpublished; also copies made for Solms-Laubach.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 .

Citation

Meijer 1997: pp. 38-41. – In: Palmengarten
Weevers 1942 – In: Koningsberger, Leerb. Alg. Plantk. 2: f. 186
Richards 1996: Trop. Rain Forest, ed. 2: 155: f. 6.23