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Rafflesia Speciosa
''Rafflesia speciosa'' is a parasitic plant species of the genus ''Rafflesia''. It is endemic to the Philippine island of Panay. ''R. speciosa'' is the third ''Rafflesia'' species documented to exist in the Philippines, after '' R. manillana'' and '' R. schadenbergiana''. It belongs to the medium-sized ''Rafflesia'' (Meijer, 1997). The species was named by Julie Barcelona and Edwino Fernando. ''Rafflesia speciosa'' was discovered in the mountains of Sibalom Natural Park (particularly Mount Porras) in Antique, Panay by members of an outdoor club. It was adopted as the symbol of Sibalom Natural Park and the municipality of Sibalom Sibalom, officially the Municipality of Sibalom, ( krj, Banwa kang Sibalom; hil, Banwa sang Sibalom; tl, Bayan ng Sibalom), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population .... For more information, see the review of Philippine ''Rafflesia''. References External links Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibalom Natural Park
Sibalom Natural Park is a List of protected areas of the Philippines, protected area in the Philippines on the island of Panay in the municipality of Sibalom, Antique, Sibalom, Antique (province), Antique. It was proclaimed a Protected area, natural park on 23 April 2000. It is considered one of the last remaining Tropical rainforest#Lowland equatorial evergreen rainforests, lowland rainforests on Panay. The park was first established on 28 June 1990 as the ''Tipulu-an Mau-it Rivers Watershed Forest Reserve'' covering of an important watershed. Geography Sibalom Natural Park extends over sixteen barangays (village) in Sibalom. It is located east from Antique's provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista, and some west from Iloilo City. The park is organized around the watershed area of the Tipulu-an River and Mao-it River which are tributaries of the Sibalom River. It has seven other tributary, tributaries which provide drinking water for five municipalities and irrigate some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |