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Corpse Flower

Flowering Plants

The corpse flower is a flowering plant native to the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, famous for producing the largest unbranched inflorescence of any plant in the world. Its bloom, which can reach several meters in height, emits a smell resembling rotting flesh to attract carrion-feeding beetles and flies that pollinate it. The plant flowers only rarely, sometimes going a decade or more between blooms, and each flowering event lasts only a day or two before the structure collapses.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
It has a large unbranched inflorescence, a tall single leaf branched like a tree, and a heavy tuber which enables the plant to produce the inflorescence. 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Scientific Name
Amorphophallus titanum 1
Conservation Status
Endangered 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Araceae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Titan Arum

In Biome

Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Corpse Flower (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Sumatran Lowland Rainforest, Ecosystems
Source Corpse Flower (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Africa

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Australia

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India

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Indonesia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Japan

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Papua New Guinea

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Southeast Asia

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Sources
1. Corpse Flower (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia article, opening sentence
    Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae
  • Infobox: status
    EN
  • Wikipedia article, opening paragraph, morphology sentence
    It has a large unbranched inflorescence, a tall single leaf branched like a tree, and a heavy tuber which enables the plant to produce the inflorescence
  • lead sentence (diet), EntityId 344581
    Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant in the family Araceae.
  • Taxonomy and distribution
    The species is endemic to western Sumatra, where it grows in openings in rainforests on limestone hills.
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Lead section
    titanum is endemic to rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
  • In Ecosystem: Sumatran Lowland Rainforest, Distribution
    A. titanum is endemic to rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12475
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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Wikidata: Titan Arum
Child Taxon Of: Araceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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