Repeated studies have warned that the twin threats of a growing climate crisis and environmental destruction are dramatically reducing biodiversity worldwide.
Rafflesia is actually a parasite and lives on tropical vines across parts of Southeast Asia. Photo: AA
"We estimate that 60 percent of Rafflesia species face a severe risk of extinction," the researchers wrote in the study, published on Wednesday in the peer-reviewed Plants, People, Planet journal. Repeated studies have warned that the twin threats of the growing climate crisis and environmental destruction are dramatically reducing biodiversity worldwide.
It is something of an enigma, with its flowers emerging unpredictably, and botanists have had limited success propagating it outside its natural environment.
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