Biology:Sapria ram

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Sapria ram
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Rafflesiaceae
Genus: Sapria
Species:
S. ram
Binomial name
Sapria ram
H. Bänziger & B. Hansen

Sapria ram is a holoparasitic flowering plant endemic to Thailand. It is found in central and southern Thailand. H. Bänziger & B. Hansen (1997) consider specimens in Thailand formerly identified as Sapria poilanei (currently considered to be endemic to Cambodia) to be Sapria ram.[1]

References

  1. Bänziger, H. & Hansen, B. (1997). Unmasking the real identity of Sapria poilanei Gagnepain emend., and description of Sapria ram sp.n. (Rafflesiaceae). Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc., (45), 149-170.

Wikidata ☰ Q13012574 entry