Pinning down the rotting-flesh plant could reveal the roots of gigantism.

With blooms that stink of rotting flesh and span up to a metre across, a flowering Rafflesia arnoldii is hard to miss in the tropical forests where it grows. But it has taken taxonomists nearly 200 years — when the odd plant was first described — to find its place in the family tree.

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Pinning down the rotting-flesh plant could reveal the roots of gigantism.

With blooms that stink of rotting flesh and span up to a metre across, a flowering Rafflesia arnoldii is hard to miss in the tropical forests where it grows. But it has taken taxonomists nearly 200 years — when the odd plant was first described — to find its place in the family tree.

Read the story here.