A Smithsonian Magazine science-news article (Margaret Osborne, September 28, 2023) reporting a Plants, People, Planet study applying IUCN criteria to every known Rafflesia species and finding the official IUCN Red List undercounts species at risk.
Facts
PublisherSmithsonian Institution
URLhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-largest-and-smelliest-flower-is-at-risk-of-extinction-scientists-say-180982977/
Source Typereference
Reliability Tier2
NotesScience journalism reporting on a peer-reviewed conservation-biology study; used here for the specific IUCN-listing count (one of 42 species formally listed critically endangered) attributed in the article to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and to the cited Plants, People, Planet paper.
Sources
The World's Largest and Smelliest Flower Is at Risk of Extinction, Scientists Say (Smithsonian Magazine)
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)
This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Species, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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