Rafflesia Arnoldi

Rafflesia Arnoldi yang sempat tumbuh di curup tepatnya di Talang Rimbo Lama bunga ini adalah bunga kebanggaan masyarakat di daerah curup dan sekitarnya dan Propinsi Bengkulu umumnya dan menjadi lambang daerah. bunga ini memang sering mekar di wilayah bengkulu ( taba penanjung, curup, kepahiang ) namun sayangnya kota/tempat bunga ini sering mekar jarang ada yang mengenalnya, Rafflesia Arnoldi

Kingdom : Plantae

Division : Magnoliophyta

Class : Magnoliopsida

Order : Rafflesiales

Family : Rafflesiaceae

Genus : Rafflesia

Species : R. arnoldii

dan ternyata bunga Rafflesia tidak hanya tumbuh di bengkulu (Sumatra ),bahkan di negara lain malaysia, Philipina, Thailand, mereka memiliki beragam jenis dari Bunga Rafflesia sampai saat ini ada 26 Jenis Bunga Rafflesia (http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/RafflesiaGallery.html)

	1. Rafflesia arnoldii R. Brown var. arnoldii var. atjehensis (Koord.) Meijer	Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia West Kalimantan, Indonesia Benkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia
	2. Rafflesia azlanii Latiff & Wong	Peninsular Malaysia
	3. Rafflesia baletei Barcelona & Cajano	Southern Luzon, Camarines Sur Province, Philippines
	4. Rafflesia banahawensis Madulid et al.	Luzon Island, Quezon Province, Mt. Banahaw, Philippines
	5. Rafflesia bengkuluensis Susatya et al.	Southern Sumatra, Indonesia
	6. Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach	Peninsular Malaysia & Tioman Island
	7. Rafflesia gadutensis Meijer	Western coastal Sumatra and Benkulu, Indonesia
	8. R. hasseltii Suringar	Central Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia
	9. Rafflesia keithii Meijer	Borneo (Sabah, Malaysia) East Kalimantan (Indonesia)
	10. Rafflesia kerrii Meijer	Peninsular Thailand and Malaysia
	12. Rafflesia lobata Galang & Madulid	Panay Island, Philippines
	13. Rafflesia manillana Teschemacher [= R. philippensis Blanco] [= R. lagascae Blanco] [= R. cumingii R. Brown]	Luzon Island, Philippines
	14. Rafflesia micropylora Meijer	North Sumatra, Indonesia
	15. Rafflesia mira Fernando & Ong [= R. magnifica Madulid, Tandang & Agoo]	Mindanao Island, Philippines
	16. Rafflesia patma Blume [= R. zollingeriana Koorders]	Java (Indonesia)
	17. Rafflesia pricei Meijer	Borneo (Brunei, Sabah, N. Sarawak?) Malaysia; Kalimantan?, Indonesia
	18. Rafflesia rochussenii Teijsm. & Binnend.	Western Java, Sumatra, Indonesia
	19. Rafflesia schadenbergiana Göppert	Mindanao, Philippines
	20. Rafflesia speciosa Barcelona & Fernando	Panay Island, Philippines
	21. Rafflesia tengku-adlinii Salleh & Latiff	Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia
	22. Rafflesia tuan-mudae Becc.	Form restricted to three isolated Mts. in W. Sarawak, Malaysia
	Incompletely Known Species as Recognized by Meijer (1997)
NO PHOTOGRAPH	23. Rafflesia borneensis Koorders	Sekerat Mts., NE Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Collected only once (1917); material incomplete.
NO PHOTOGRAPH	24. Rafflesia ciliata Koorders	Sekerat Mts., NE Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Collected in 1918, possibly 1957.
NO PHOTOGRAPH	25. Rafflesia titan Jack	Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Collected in 1821. See Meijer (1997) for discussion.
NO PHOTOGRAPH	26. Rafflesia witkampii Koorders	Sekerat Mts., NE Kalimantan. Indonesia. Described from only a bud, incomplete material exists to determine if it's a distinct species. Similar to R. pricei.

May 16, 2008