Talk:Rafflesia arnoldii

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It appears that a majority of this article has been taken from the sites listed at the bottom of the article. Eg.

Article- "While many parasites appear like normal plants, Rafflesia lacks any observable leaves, roots, or even stems. Likened to fungi, Rafflesia individuals grow as thread-like strands of tissue completely embedded within and in intimate contact with surrounding host cells from which nutrients and water are obtained. Perhaps the only part of Rafflesia that is identifiable as distinctly plant-like are the flowers; although, even these are bizarre because they attain massive proportions and are usually reddish-brown and stink of rotting flesh. The flower is pollinated by flies attracted by its scent."

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~tbarkman/rafflesia/Rafflesia.html "While many parasites appear like normal plants, Rafflesia lacks any observable leaves, roots, or even stems (Meijer, 1993). Likened to fungi, Rafflesia individuals grow as thread-like strands of tissue completely embedded within and in intimate contact with surrounding host cells from which nutrients and water are obtained (Mat Salleh, 1996). Perhaps the only part of Rafflesia that is identifiable as distinctly plant-like are the flowers; however, even these are bizarre because they attain massive proportions (up to 3 ft in diameter) and are usually reddish-brown and stink of rotting flesh.. Although parasitic, Rafflesia species do not typically kill their hosts in spite of the drain on resources that they cause."

I would assume that there are inline citations in the Western Michigan site, it is more likely the origional text. This is just one of many examples. I do not know if the article should be scrapped, or if the offending sections cited properly, or drastically rewritten. rmosler 11:22, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Shouldn't the information for this be part of the main Rafflesia article, since this information is largely relevant to all Rafflesia species, and not just Rafflesia arnoldii? --Phytomagus 08:19, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stinking Corpse Lily

Stinking Corpse Lily redirects to Amorphophallus, however, in all other references I've seen, it is in fact Rafflesia arnoldii which is known as the "Stinking Corpse Lily". Can the redirect be changed to point to this article instead? --S.Reemas, Aug. 22 '06