A NEW SPECIES OF RAFFLESIA (RAFFLESIACEAE) FROM NORTH SUMATRA

HARRY WIRIADINATA, RISMITA SARI
10.55981/reinwardtia.2010.2130
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Abstract

WIRIADINATA, H. & SARI, R. 2010. A new species of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) from North Sumatra. Reinwardtia  13(2): 95-100. - Rafflesia meijeri Wiriadinata & Sari spec. nov. from North Sumatra is described. It appears closely related to R. rochussenii Teijsm. & Binn. from West Java which has no processes on the disk, smaller flower, the lobes with a different wart pattern, a wider groove with thin lamellae on the central column, ramenta filiform without swollen apex.

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Rafflesia meijeri, Rafflesiaceae, Sumatera Utara, taksonomi.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55981/reinwardtia.2010.2130
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