List of world records held by plants

This made Rafflesia very hard to place in scientific taxonomy compared to other plant species.

[verification needed] The most famous plant species in this family are Spurges, Cassava, and rubber tree.

Balanophora involucrata of the Himalayas has a capitate inflorescence with myriads of tiny flowers each measuring only 1/1,000th of an inch (25 micrometers) in width.

This pink, trimerous flower has 3 sepals, 3 petals, 3 stamens and a pistil of three carpels, yet it measures only 1/40th of an inch (0.6 millimeter) in length.

[8] Corypha umbraculifera,also known as the " talipot palm", is the largest branched inflorescence plant in the world.

The current world record holder for heaviest fruit is a pumpkin weighing 2749 pounds (1.247 tonnes), which was grown by Travis Gienger.

This means the small ripe fruit of the genus takes up a third or more of the length of the parent plant.