Rhizanthes

Rhizanthes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Rafflesiaceae
Genus: Rhizanthes
Species: R. deceptor – R. infanticida – R. lowii – R. zippelii

Name

Rhizanthes Dumort., Anal. Fam. Pl.: 14 (1829).

• Type species: Rhizanthes zippelii (Blume) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. (Spach) 10: 554 (1841).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Brugmansia Blume, Bijdr. Natuurk. Wetensch. 2: 422 (1827), nom. illeg. - vide: Brugmansia Pers., Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 216 (1805).
  • Mycetanthe Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 61 (1841).
  • Zippelia Rchb., Handb. Nat. Pfl.-Syst.: 164 (1837), nom. illeg. - vide: Zippelia Blume, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1614 (1830).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Tropical Indo-China Thailand. Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Meijer, W. & Veldkamp, J.F. 1988. A revision of Rhizanthes (Rafflesiaceae). Blumea 33(2): 329–342. Naturalis
• Bänzinger, H. & Hansen, B. 2000. A New Taxonomic Revicion of a Deceptive Flower, Rhizanthes Dumortier (Rafflesiaceae). Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 48: 117–143. -->PDF!
• Wicaksono, A., Putri Cristy, G., Raihandhany, R., Mursidawati, S., Teixeira da Silva, J. A. & Sustaya, A. 2021. Rhizanthes, the Forgotten Relative of Rafflesia in the Rafflesiaceae. Botanical Review 88: 130–143. DOI: 10.1007/s12229-021-09261-3 .