Sapria
Genus of flowering plants
title: "Sapria" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rafflesiaceae", "malpighiales-genera", "dioecious-plants", "flora-of-the-indomalayan-realm", "taxa-named-by-william-griffith-(botanist)"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/rafflesiaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapria" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
|image = Sapria himalaya.jpg |image_caption = Sapria himalayana |taxon = Sapria |authority = Griff. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = *Sapria himalayana Griff.
- Sapria myanmarensis Nob.Tanaka, Nagam., Tagane & M.M.Aung
- Sapria poilanei Gagnep.
- Sapria ram Bänziger & B.Hansen |subdivision_ref =
Sapria is an Asian genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae erected by William Griffith in 1844. It grows within roots of Vitis and Tetrastigma. The genus is limited to the tropical forests of South and Southeast 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.
Species
Four species are described. ::data[format=table]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| [[File:Saprea.jpg | 120px]] | Sapria himalayana |
| Sapria poilanei | found in Cambodia. | |
| [[File:Sapria ram 171946658.jpg | 120px]] | Sapria ram |
| Sapria myanmarensis | first described in 2019, is native to Myanmar. | |
| :: |
References
References
- Griffith W (1844) ''Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond.'' 1: 216.
- "''Sapria'' Griff.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- (2019). "Contributions to the Flora of Myanmar IV: A new species and a newly recorded taxon of the genus ''Sapria'' (Rafflesiaceae)". Taiwania.
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