BANGKOK: Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower, which has long captured the imagination with its enormous speckled red petals, are now a...
: Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower, which has long captured the imagination with its enormous speckled red petals, are now at risk of extinction, new research warned Wednesday.
One species of the flower is currently classed as “critically endangered”, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. “We estimate that 60 percent of Rafflesia species face a severe risk of extinction,“ the researchers wrote in the study, published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed Plants, People, Planet journal.
The research points out that the plant is believed to grow in fairly limited areas, making it particularly vulnerable to habitat destruction.
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