A family of rare, tropical, parasitic Asian plants consisting of three genera and 15 species. It is famous for the species Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest single flower on earth, commonly known as corpse flower due to its smell of rotting flesh. This is not to be confused with Corypha umbraculifera in the Arecaceae family, which produces the largest inflorescence (multiple flowers) on earth, or Amorphophallus titanum in the Araceae family (also smelling of rotting flesh), which produces the largest unbranched inflorescence on earth.
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