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Rafflesia Placed In Malpighiales Family After Study
Scientists from Harvard Wisconsin Southern Illinois University and the Smithsonian report in Science that the giant Southeast Asian parasite Rafflesia arnoldii belongs to the Malpighiales. The study uses mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA to place the plant among small flowered relatives like poinsettia and rubber trees.
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Milwaukee
Southeast Asia
Harvard University
University of Wisconsin
Southern Linois University
The
Smithsonian
Science
Charles Davis
Harvard
David Baum
University of Wisconsin Madison
Baur
Davis
Baum
Southern Illinois University
Susanne Renner
University of Munich
Munich Botanical Gardens