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 speciosa see the review of Philippine "Rafflesia". Rafflesia speciosa Rafflesia speciosa is a parasitic plant species of the genus "Rafflesia". It is endemic to the Philippine island of Panay. "R. speciosa" is the third "Rafflesia" species documented to exist in the Philippines, after "R. manillana" and "R. schadenbergiana". It belongs to the medium-sized "Rafflesia" (Meijer, 1997). The species was named by Julie Barcelona and Edwino Fernando. "Rafflesia speciosa" was discovered in the mountains of Sibalom Natural Park (particularly Mount Porras) in Antique, Panay by members of an outdoor club. It was adopted as the symbol of Sibalom Natural Park and the