When fully expanded, Rafflesia consueloae, a newly discovered species of Rafflesia, has an average diameter of 9.73 cm, making it the tiniest Rafflesia in the world, researchers say.

The study “ Rafflesia consueloae (Rafflesiaceae), the smallest among giants; a new species from Luzon Island, Philippines” was published in international scientific journal Phytokeys in ...

Size of a basketball Although hailed "smallest", R. consueloae is still larger than most ordinary flowers at 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm or the size of a basketball. It is only dwarfed when compared to the ...

MANILA, Philippines - A team of biologists from the University of the Philippines has discovered the smallest giant flower in the world in Nueva Ecija. The new species Rafflesia consueloae has an ...

Rafflesia are well known compared to most of our new species. Named after Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, they are the largest flowers on earth. Parasitising Tetrastigma vines, only the ...

Its average diameter is only 9.73 cm and has been named Rafflesia consueloae. The study is published in the open-access journal PhytoKeys.

The Rafflesia consueloae, one of the rarest flowering plants in Luzon, has started to bloom in Sitio Aguibo, Poblacion, Malibcong, Abra. This plant is critically endangered and is known for its ...

LONDON -- Rafflesia, the flower species which contains some of the world’s largest flowers, is at risk of extinction, scientists have warned in a new study. The study, co-authored by botanists ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 75, No. 8 (Aug., 1988), pp. 1148-1162 (15 pages) The genus Rafflesia includes about 13 species of parasitic flowering plants, among which are the largest known flowers ...

Rafflesia banaoana in Kalinga province, northern Luzon, one of the Rafflesia species found in the Philippines. Image courtesy of Adriane Tobias.