Jumellea


Jumellea is an orchid genus with 55 species native to Madagascar, the Comoros, the Mascarenes, and eastern Africa. In horticulture, it is often abbreviated Jum.

Etymology

It is named after Henri Lucien Jumelle, a French botanist.

Ecology

Pollination

Jumellea exhibits the typical adaptions to pollination by hawk moths. However, also auto-pollination is known to occur in Jumellea stenophylla.

Phylogeny

Jumellea is proven to be monophyletic.
Jumellea is the sister group to Aeranthes. Both genera together are the sister group to Angraecum:
Angraecum evolved into a separate lineage about 9.12 million years ago, and the genera Jumellea and Aeranthes separated about 9.55 million years ago. This means these genera date back to the Miocene.

Taxonomy

Species

  • Jumellea alionae P.J.Cribb, 2009
  • Jumellea ambrensis H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea amplifolia Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea angustifolia H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea anjouanensis H.Perrier, 1941
  • Jumellea arachnantha Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea arborescens H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea bathiei Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea bernetiana J.-B.Castillon, 2011
  • Jumellea bosseri Pailler, 2009
  • Jumellea brachycentra Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea brevifolia H.Perrier, 1939
  • Jumellea comorensis Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea confusa Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea cowanii Garay, 1972
  • Jumellea cyrtoceras Schltr., 1918
  • Jumellea dendrobioides Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea densifoliata Senghas, 1964
  • Jumellea divaricata Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea exilis Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea fragrans Schltr., 1914
  • Jumellea francoisii Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea gladiator Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea gregariiflora H.Perrier, 1939
  • Jumellea hyalina H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea ibityana Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea intricata H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea jumelleana Summerh., 1951
  • Jumellea lignosa Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea linearipetala H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea longivaginans H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea majalis Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea major Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea marojejiensis H.Perrier, 1951
  • Jumellea maxillarioides Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea nutans Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea ophioplectron Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea pachyceras Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea pachyra H.Perrier, 1941
  • Jumellea pailleri F.Rakotoar., 2011
  • Jumellea papangensis H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea peyrotii Bosser, 1970
  • Jumellea phalaenophora Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea porrigens Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea punctata H.Perrier, 1938
  • Jumellea recta Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea recurva Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea rigida Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea rossii Senghas, 1967
  • Jumellea similis Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea spathulata Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea stenoglossa H.Perrier, 1951
  • Jumellea stenophylla Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea stipitata Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea tenuibracteata F.P.Rakotoar. & Pailler, 2012
  • Jumellea teretifolia Schltr., 1925
  • Jumellea triquetra Schltr., 1915
  • Jumellea usambarensis J.J.Wood, 1982
  • Jumellea walleri la Croix, 2000
  • Jumellea zaratananae Schltr., 1925