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''Sapria'' is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It grows within roots of ''Vitis'' and ''Tetrastigma''. The genus is limited to the tropical forests of South and South-east Asia. The flowers of ''Sapria'' are about 20 cm in diameter, bright red with yellow or white dots, unisexual and dioecious. In contrast with the related genus ''Rafflesia'' the flowers have 10 lobes. Three species are described, ''S. himalayana'' is found in Cambodia, parts of China, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, while ''S. poilanei'' is found in Cambodia and Thailand. The newly described third species ''S. ram'' is found in Thailand. ==References== *Griffith, Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1: 216. 1844. *(''Sapria'' ) in ''Flora of China'' 5: 271. 2003. *(''A rare root parasitic plant (Sapria himalayana Griffith.) in Namdapha National Park, northeastern India'' ) in ''Current Science'', Vol. 85, No. 12, 25 December 2003 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sapria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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