Family: Rafflesiaceae
High Risk Traits:
- Thrives in tropical climates
- Parasitic
- Reproduces by seeds
- Seeds suspected of being dispersed by animals, externally and internally
- Limited ecological information may reduce accuracy of risk prediction
Low Risk Traits:
- No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but no evidence of widespread introduction outside native range
- Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
- Ornamental
- Dioecious
- Not reported to spread vegetatively
- Life-cycle, specialized growing and host requirements may limit ability to naturalize