Rafflesia

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Raffles, the surname of British colonial statesman Sir Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) +‎ -ia (suffix forming taxonomic names, especially genus names when appended to the name of a person). === Pronunciation === English: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfliː.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfliː.ʒɪ.ə/, /ɹəˈfliː.zɪ.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹəˈfli.ʒə/, /ɹəˈfli.ʒi.ə/, /ɹəˈfli.zi.ə/ Hyphenation: Raf‧fles‧ia === Proper noun === Rafflesia f A taxonomic genus within the family Rafflesiaceae – the rafflesias, of southeast Asia. ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Rafflesia arnoldii