Rafflesia Park where the flowers are numbered and monitored by the park rangers. "Rafflesia" are also remarkable for showing a large horizontal transfer of genes from their host plants. This is well known among bacteria, but not higher organisms. The name "corpse flower" applied to "Rafflesia" can be confusing because this common name also refers to the titan arum ("Amorphophallus titanum") of the family Araceae. Moreover, because "Amorphophallus" has the world's largest unbranched inflorescence, it is sometimes mistakenly credited as having the world's largest flower. Both "Rafflesia" and "Amorphophallus" are flowering plants, but they are only distantly related. "Rafflesia arnoldii" has
Rafflesia leonardi Rafflesia leonardi Rafflesia leonardi is a parasitic plant species of the genus "Rafflesia". It is endemic to the Philippines. "R. leonardi" is the fourth "Rafflesia" species found in Luzon and the eighth from the Philippines. It is called "ngaratngat" by the local Agta tribesmen. The species was discovered in May 2008 by Cagayan Valley Partners in People Development (Cavapped), a multi-sectoral group of environmental scientists at remote sitio Kinapawan in the coastal town of Lal-Lo, Cagayan. "Rafflesia leonardi" was named by Julie Barcelona and colleagues after Filipino botanist Dr. Leonardo Co of Conservation International. See this citation for a review