Sapria ram
| Sapria ram | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Rafflesiaceae |
| Genus: | Sapria |
| Species: | S. ram
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| Binomial name | |
| Sapria ram H. Bänziger & B. Hansen
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Sapria ram is a holoparasitic flowering plant endemic to Thailand. It is found in central and southern Thailand. H. Bänziger & B. Hansen (1997) consider specimens in Thailand formerly identified as Sapria poilanei (currently considered to be endemic to Cambodia) to be Sapria ram.[1]
References
- ^ Bänziger, H. & Hansen, B. (1997). Unmasking the real identity of Sapria poilanei Gagnepain emend., and description of Sapria ram sp.n. (Rafflesiaceae). Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc., (45), 149-170.