| Rhizanthes | |
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| Illustration of Rhizanthes (at the time known as Brugmansia, a name which now refers to the unrelated plant genus Brugmansia), from Der Bau und die Eigenschaften der Pflanzen (1913). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Rafflesiaceae |
| Genus: | Rhizanthes Dumort.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhizanthes zippelii | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Rhizanthes is a genus of four species of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. They are without leaves, stems, roots, or photosynthetic tissue, and grow within the roots of a few species of Tetrastigma vines. The genus is limited to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. The flowers of Rhizanthes are very large, they vary from 14 to 43 cm in diameter. At least one species of Rhizanthes, Rh. lowii, is endothermic.
- ^ "Rhizanthes". International Plant Names Index. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Rhizanthes Dumort". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2020.