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 <small>P.J.Cribb, 2009</small>
- Jumellea ambrensis <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea amplifolia <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea angustifolia <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea anjouanensis <small>(Finet) H.Perrier, 1941</small>
- Jumellea arachnantha <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea arborescens <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea bathiei <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea bernetiana <small>J.-B.Castillon, 2011</small>
- Jumellea bosseri <small>Pailler, 2009</small>
- Jumellea brachycentra <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea brevifolia <small>H.Perrier, 1939</small>
- Jumellea comorensis <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea confusa <small>(Schltr.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea cowanii <small>(Ridl.) Garay, 1972</small>
- Jumellea cyrtoceras <small>Schltr., 1918</small>
- Jumellea dendrobioides <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea densifoliata <small>Senghas, 1964</small>
- Jumellea divaricata <small>(Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea exilis <small>(Cordem.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea fragrans <small>(Thouars) Schltr., 1914</small>
- Jumellea francoisii <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea gladiator <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea gregariiflora <small>H.Perrier, 1939</small>
- Jumellea hyalina <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea ibityana <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea intricata <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea jumelleana <small>(Schltr.) Summerh., 1951 (publ. 1952)</small>
- Jumellea lignosa <small>(Schltr.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea linearipetala <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea longivaginans <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea majalis <small>(Schltr.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea major <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea marojejiensis <small>H.Perrier, 1951</small>
- Jumellea maxillarioides <small>(Ridl.) Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea nutans <small>(Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea ophioplectron <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea pachyceras <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea pachyra <small>(Kraenzl.) H.Perrier, 1941</small>
- Jumellea pailleri <small>F.Rakotoar., 2011</small>
- Jumellea papangensis <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea peyrotii <small>Bosser, 1970</small>
- Jumellea phalaenophora <small>(Rchb.f.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea porrigens <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea punctata <small>H.Perrier, 1938</small>
- Jumellea recta <small>(Thouars) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea recurva <small>(Thouars) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea rigida <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea rossii <small>Senghas, 1967</small>
- Jumellea similis <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea spathulata <small>(Ridl.) Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea stenoglossa <small>H.Perrier, 1951</small>
- Jumellea stenophylla <small>(Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea stipitata <small>(Frapp. ex Cordem.) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea tenuibracteata <small>(H.Perrier) F.P.Rakotoar. & Pailler, 2012</small>
- Jumellea teretifolia <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
- Jumellea triquetra <small>(Thouars) Schltr., 1915</small>
- Jumellea usambarensis <small>J.J.Wood, 1982</small>
- Jumellea walleri <small>(Rolfe) la Croix, 2000</small>
- Jumellea zaratananae <small>Schltr., 1925</small>
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