FZ.39. Jumellea Schltr.

Description of the genus

Epiphytic or lithophytic monopodial herbs. Leaves usually distichous, linear or ligulate, apex obtusely 2-lobed. Inflorescence axillary, 1-flowered. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Dorsal sepal usually recurved, lateral ± joined under the spur. Sepals and petals narrow. Lip entire; basal spur long. Column short with 2 parallel arms joined on the inner side to the lateral sepals and petals, giving these a characteristic twist; pollinia 2, each joined by a short stipes to a large viscidium.

Derivation of name: after Henri Lucien Jumelle, (1866-1935) a French botanist.

Worldwide: 60 species in Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarenes

Mozambique: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
usambarensis J.J. Wood	Z
walleri (Rolfe) la Croix	Z	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Jumellea
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