Editing Rafflesia (section)

== Names ==
[[File:Bunga Rafflesia Di Akar Gantung.jpg|thumb|right|''Rafflesia'' on hanging roots. [[West Sumatra]], Indonesia.]]
In [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] and [[Malaysian language|Malaysian]], it is known as ''padma''. The species ''R. arnoldii'' is known as  ''padma raksasa'' ("giant ''padma''").<ref name=kamus>{{Cite book | last = Atmosumarto | first = Sutanto | title = A learner's comprehensive dictionary of Indonesian | publisher = Atma Stanton | year = 2004 | pages = 445 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=0PV0NSjCdFAC&pg=PA445 | isbn = 9780954682804}}</ref> In [[Javanese language|Javanese]] it is called ''patma''.<ref name=Burkill1930>{{cite journal |last=Burkill |first=Isaac Henry |author-link=Isaac Henry Burkill |date=April 1930 |title=An Index to the Malay Vernacular Names with comments |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43666335 |journal=The Gardens' Bulletin; Straits Settlements |volume=3 |issue=6 (part 2) |pages=300 |access-date=27 October 2020}}</ref> In [[Malay language|Malay]], the 'normal' ''R. hasseltii'' is vernacularly known as ''pakma'', ''patma'' or ''ambai-ambai'',<ref name=Keng1978/><ref name=Burkill1930/><ref name=sealang>{{cite web |url=http://sealang.net/malay/dictionary.htm |title=Searching native orthography for "patma", "pakma" |author=Sir Richard James Wilkinson (primarily based on the works of) |website=SEAlang Library Malay |publisher=SEAlang |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> whereas the goliath ''R. arnoldii'' from Sumatra is called ''krubut'' or ''kerubut'', 'great flower'.<ref name=Keng1978/><ref name=sealang/> The words ''padma'', ''pakma'' or ''patma'' originate etymologically from the word पद्म (''padma''), [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] for '[[Nelumbo nucifera|lotus]]'.<ref name=sealang/>

In English ''Rafflesia'' is known as the stinking corpse lily.<ref name="McNeely">{{cite book |last1=McNeely |first1=Jeffrey A. |last2=Wachtel |first2=Paul Spencer |title=Soul of the Tiger: Searching for Nature's Answers in Southeast Asia |date=1991 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195885736 |page=260 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ymwhAQAAMAAJ&q=rafflesia+corpse+flower+inpublisher:university |access-date=March 17, 2024 |quote=Rare plants of the area include the Rafflesia, the world's broadest flower which is appropriately named the stinking corpse lily—a parasitic plant with neither stem nor leaves whose three-foot-wide blossom exudes a most disagreeable scent; and the five-foot-tall phallus lily, a plant whose name reflects its structure but[...]}}</ref> It is also known as "corpse flower", or ''bunga bangkai'' in Indonesian,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sharp |first1=Ilsa |title=Green Indonesia: Tropical Forest Encounters |date=1994 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9789676530455 |page=77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i1IkAQAAMAAJ&q=%22corpse%20flower%22 |access-date=March 17, 2024 |quote=You could not miss a ''Rafflesia'' if you were near one: aptly tagged ''bunga bankai'' or 'corpse flower' by the Indonesians, it smells like rotting meat, which serves to attract carrion-scavenging flies and beetles.}}</ref> a name that more commonly refers to the [[Amorphophallus titanum|titan arum]] (''Amorphophallus titanum'') of the family [[Araceae]].<ref>{{cite web |title=corpse flower |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corpse%20flower |website=merriam-webster.com |access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref><ref name=Harvard/> The type species ''arnoldii'' has been called the "monster flower".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=R. E. |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Natural History |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195616231 |page=114 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hfc9AAAAYAAJ&q=rafflesia+%22monster+flower%22+inpublisher:university |access-date=March 17, 2024 |quote=[...]have the same structural features of the Monster Flower, ''Rafflesia arnoldii'', but are smaller in size.}}</ref><ref name=CNN/>