A New Species of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) from North Sumatra

Rafflesia meijeri Wiriadinata & Sari spec. nov. from North Sumatra is described. It appears closely related to R. rochussenii Teisjm. & Binn. from West Java which has no processes on the disk, smaller flower, the lobes with a different wart pattern, a wider groove, with thin lamellae on the central column, ramenta filiform without swollen apex. Reinwardtia 13 (2): 95-110, 2010