taxonID	type	description	language	source
03AA87AFFF9FFE5BFE94FBAFFCAB1B8F.taxon	type_taxon	— Type: Jumellea fragrans (Thouars) Schltr., Die Orchideen: 609 (1914).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF9FFE5BFE94FBAFFCAB1B8F.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Epiphyte or lithophyte, rarely terrestrial; stem absent or elongated; leaves frequently distichous, generally oval or oblong, conduplicate at the base or along the whole leaf length, relatively bilobate-obtuse at the apex. Easily recognized by their single-flowered inflorescences delivered simultaneously at flowering; inflorescences appear in the upper part of the stem, piercing or emerging from old foliar sheaths. Peduncle covered by 4 - 6 sterile bracts at the base (Fig. 2 A), separated from the pedicel by a tubular or sigmoid-shaped (upcurved and acuminate at the apex) fertile bract. The fertile and sterile bracts have the same shape but differ in size. The sterile bracts increase in size following the order of their apparition, the last are mostly the same size as the fertile bract. Flower white or cream-colored, changing to clear yellow with age or after pollination. Median sepal triangular often upright or inverted backwards; lateral sepals connected at the base below the spur, projecting forwards with petals and lip, giving a particular shape to the flower. Petals narrow, as long as the sepals. Lip always contracted at the base, sometimes gutter-shaped, and connected to the spur. Lip shape is ovate, lanceolate or sagittate (Fig. 2 C). Sometimes an ovate lip may display widened part on the edge that forming a pandurate shape. Therefore both an ovate- and pandurate-shaped lip can sometimes be observed in one species or on one plant. A lanceolateshaped lip can vary in one species. The widest part of the lip can be placed near the base, in the middle or near the apex. The sagittate-shaped lip differs from the two former lip shapes by the abrupt contraction of the lip just after the widened part. This widened part has mostly a rounded edge and an acute or acuminate apex. Column dilated at the base, extended in two parallel arms related, on the internal side, to the edges of the orifice of the spur and, on the external side, to the lateral sepals. Anther covered by a removable cap and excised in to two naked pollinia. Pollinia attached to two viscidia (modified part of the rostellum) by a retractable caudicle, free or barely adhesive to the base. Rostellum divided on two large lobes, joined in the middle, protruding forward as a tunnel-shaped entrance facilitating pollinators visit and support to the anther cap; median tongue of the rostellum rarely absent, dentiform, appearing between the lobes of the rostellum. Inferior ovary connected directly to the pedicel called pedicellate ovary, often longer than the peduncle. Spur length varies between 6 to 150 mm.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF9FFE5BFE94FBAFFCAB1B8F.taxon	distribution	Jumellea species are most of the time found in humid or rocky habitat. They are distributed along a wide elevation range, extending from coastal region to high mountain sites. The genus is present in the four islands of Comoros archipelago (Table 1), the highest record is at 2200 m above sea level in the volcanic mount of Karthala (2361 m) on Grande Comore.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF98FE5AFF08FC31FDB01CBC.taxon	description	(Fig. 3)	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF98FE5AFF08FC31FDB01CBC.taxon	materials_examined	— Lectotype (designated here): Madagascar. Fianarantsoa, Ambalavao, Ankafana, 1880, Deans Cowan 26 (lecto-, BM [BM 539237]; isolecto-, Parker s. n., K! [K 000306584]). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Comoros. Grande Comore, La Grille Massif, 11 ° 27 ’ 51.8 ’’, 43 ° 20 ’ 25.4 ’’, 1076 m, 27. II. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 061 (REU!). Madagascar. Antananarivo, Mont Angavokely, 1920, Perrier de la Bâthie 12978 (P [P 00094211, P 00094212, P 00094213, P 00094214]!); Toamasina, Maromizaha, II. 1924, Perrier de la Bâthie 16051 (P [P 00094210]!); Angavobe Mont, 1600 m, 8. II. 1992, Pettersson 508 (P [P 00094208]!); Mandraka, 1. IX. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 029 (TAN!). — Fianarantsoa, Ambondrombe, 21 ° 52 ’ 47 ’’ S, 47 ° 15 ’ 32.9 ’’ E, 1853 m, 12. I. 2010, Rakotoarivelo et al. 215 (TAN!); Andringitra, 21 ° 14 ’ 08 ’’ S, 47 ° 23 ’ 49.8 ’’ E, 1118 m, 17. I. 2010, Rakotoarivelo et al. 227 (TAN!).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF98FE5AFF08FC31FDB01CBC.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — Grande Comore and Madagascar (Antananarivo, Fianarantsoa). In humid forest, from 1000 to 1200 m elevation.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF98FE5AFF08FC31FDB01CBC.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Epiphyte, lithophyte or terrestrial plant, acaulescent or sub-acaulescent, stem covered by marcescent leaf sheaths. Leaves coriaceous, oblong, (26 - 41 × 11 - 15 cm), imbricate, tight, conduplicate at the base, with a released leaf sheath (2.8 - 4 cm), unequally bilobate at the apex, with rounded lobes. Inflorescences numerous (1 - 6 per plant); peduncle short (1.5 - 3.5 cm), thick, covered entirely by 5 sterile bracts. Fertile and sterile bracts tubuliform. Pedicellate ovary twice longer than the peduncle (5 - 9 cm). Flowers large, thick and leathery. Sepals and petals at the same size (30 - 36 × 7 - 9 mm), ivory-white color on the inner face. Sepals oblong, slightly scurfy on the outer face, curved back, acute. Petals slightly crispate at the base, oblong, acute, and bearing a dorsal costule. Lip ovate or pandurate (37 - 38 × 16 - 17 mm), narrowed at the base, gutter-shaped, carinate (19 - 20 mm), widened in the middle, acuminate at the apex. Spur 2.5 - 5 cm long, slightly curved. Column with very thick arms (5 × 5 mm), lobes of the rostellum acute at the joined tips. Anther cap triangular, supported by the lobes of the rostellum. Capsule fusiform.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF99FE58FD5CFA2BFB081E56.taxon	description	(Fig. 4)	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF99FE58FD5CFA2BFB081E56.taxon	materials_examined	— Type: Comoros, Grande Comore, XII. 1884, Combani, Humblot 1423 (Lecto-, W! [W-Rchb. Orch. 0011606, “ gladiator ”], designated here); isolecto-, P [P 00090526, P 00090527, P 00090528]!).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF99FE58FD5CFA2BFB081E56.taxon	materials_examined	— Lectotype (designated here): Comoros, Grande Comore, Combani, XII. 1884, Humblot 1415 (Lecto-, W! [W-Rchb. Orch. 0011607, “ arachnantha ”]; isolecto-, P [P 00090558, P 00090559, P 00090560, P 00090561]!, W [W-Rchb. Orch. 0011606, “ arachnantha ”]!). Syn. nov.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF99FE58FD5CFA2BFB081E56.taxon	materials_examined	— Type: Comoros, s. loc., Humblot s. n. (holo-, W! [W-Rchb. Orch. 0011603]). Syn. nov. SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Comoros. Anjouan, Mt. Remani, X. 1958, Benson 238 (BM, P [P 00213132, P 00213133, P 00213134]!); Dindi forest, Rakotozafy 1091 (P [P 00213138]!). — Grande Comore, Maoueni, La Grille forest, 780 m, 11. XI. 1999, Labat et al. 3089 (P [P 00183938, P 00183939, P 00183940]!, BR, CNDRS, G, K, MO); Mt. Karthala, XII. 1986, Pettersson C 12 (K); s. loc., IV. 1989, Monnerat s. n. (P [P 00213137]!); Hantsangoma, 19. X. 2008, Rouhan 740 (P [P 00684785]!); Hantsangoma, 19. X. 2008, Rouhan et al. 740 (KM); La Grille Massif, Hantsongoma, 11 ° 27 ’ 51.8 ’’ S, 43 ° 20 ’ 25.4 ’’ E, 1076 m, 27. II. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 042 (REU!); Karthala, III. 2010, Blambert HB 11 (REU!). — Mohéli, Forêt de St Antoine, 1996, Moulaert 0.5 (P [P 00749769]!); Oualah II, 12 ° 21 ’ 06.4 ’’ S, 43 ° 45 ’ 43.6 ’’ E, 401 m, 2. III. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 084 (REU!).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF99FE58FD5CFA2BFB081E56.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — Endemic to the Comoros (Grande Comore, Mohéli, and Anjouan), from 400 to 1400 m elevation.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF99FE58FD5CFA2BFB081E56.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Epiphyte, acaulescent or sub-acaulescent, robust. Leaves large (28 - 45 × 3 - 6 cm), oblong, conduplicate at the base, bilobate obtuse at the apex. Peduncle long (7 - 25 cm), bearing 5 to 6 sterile and tubular bracts at the base, the three first are inserted at the base and the three other distributed irregularly along the peduncle. Inflorescences numerous (2 - 10). Fertile bract (6 - 11 mm) tubular, inserted at the base of the pedicellate ovary (4 - 10 cm). Flower white, the perianth parts of the same size, oblong and acuminate (22 - 30 × 10 - 15 mm); lip spathulate (30 - 45 × 10 - 15 mm), slightly folded, narrower at the base, widened in the middle, acuminate and carinate at the apex. Spur enlarged, angled, 4 - 6.5 cm length. Column thin and very short (3 mm long and 2.5 mm in height); lobes of the rostellum acute on the external tips, covered by the anther cap at the upper and joined tips, between which a very small and acute median tongue of the rostellum is visible. Anther cap crested. Capsule fusiform.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF99FE58FD5CFA2BFB081E56.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Jumellea arachnantha and J. gladiator are very difficult to distinguish from each other (Stewart et al. 2006). They occur in the same habitat and have the same vegetative and floral aspects. According to Schlechter (1915), both species differ only in their inflorescence lengths. Jumellea arachnanta have a pedicellate ovary longer than the peduncle and the reverse for J. gladiator. However, as we noticed with other Jumellea species, peduncle length is a character which may vary from one plant to another and may increase between two flowering stages. Therefore we consider J. arachnantha and J. gladiator to be conspecific. According to the specimen type and the morphological description by Perrier de la Bâthie (1941), J. phalaenophora is also synonym to J. arachnantha and J. gladiator.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF9BFE56FD6EFB0EFDAE19D4.taxon	description	(Fig. 5)	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF9BFE56FD6EFB0EFDAE19D4.taxon	materials_examined	— Type: Madagascar, Tsinjoarivo, 1400 m, II. 1925, Perrier de la Bâthie 16968 (holo-, P! [P 00090529]). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Comoros. Grande Comore, flanc Ouest du Karthala, 11 ° 45 ’ S, 43 ° 19 ’ E, 1630 m, 17. VIII. 2000, Brionnaud et al. 72 (K!). — Grande Comore, La Grille Massif, 11 ˚ 28 ’ 09.2 ’’ S, 46 ˚ 51 ’ 38.3 ’’ E, 853 m, 27. II. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 058 (REU!). — Mohéli, Oualah II, 12 ° 21 ’ 06.4 ’’ S, 43 ° 45 ’ 43.6 ’’ E, 401 m, 2. III. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 123 (REU!). Mayotte. Mont Choungui, 18. XI. 2002, Barthelat et al. 1087 (K!). Madagascar. Fianarantsoa, Andringitra, circuit Asaramanitra, 22 ° 08 ’ 37 ’’ S, 046 ° 53 ’ 17.6 ’’ E, 1731 m, 13. I. 2010, Rakotoarivelo et al. 218 (TAN!); circuit Imarivolanitra, 22 ° 11 ’ 36.9 ’’ S, 46 ° 54 ’ 00.6 ’’ E, 2257 m, 13. I. 2010, Rakotoarivelo et al. 223 (TAN!). — Antananarivo, Ambatolampy, Manjakatompo, 19 ° 21 ’ 17.8 ’’ E, 47 ° 18 ’ 32 ’’ S, 1813 m, 19. I. 2010, Rakotoarivelo et al. 235 (TAN!).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF9BFE56FD6EFB0EFDAE19D4.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Epiphyte or lithophyte, up to 70 cm tall. Stems caespitose, erect or pendant, round in section (5 - 6 mm). Leaves distichous or spirodistichous, conduplicate at the base and flat in the upper part, elliptical (8 - 15 × 1.5 - 2.3 cm), slightly bilobed at the apex, dark green color. Leaf sheaths adnate to the stem. Inflorescence appearing mostly by pair, piercing the leaf sheath. Peduncle long (5 - 6 cm), covered up to third by 4 - sterile bracts. Pedicellate ovary 9.1 - 10.1 cm long, with a fertile bract (1 - 1.5 cm) inserted at the base. Fertile and sterile bracts tubuliform. Flower white, the perianth parts crispate at the base. Median sepals upright or slightly curved, same size as the lateral sepals, oblong (21 - 25 × 2 - 4 mm), acute. Petals oblong, narrower than the sepals (23 - 26 × 3 - 4 mm), acute. Lip lanceolate (23 - 27 × 8 - 10 mm), contracted at the base, with a short keel (7 - 8 mm), widened in the half upper part, acute at the apex. Spur filiform (9 - 12.7 cm), angled at the base and then curved, attenuate at the apex. Column 3 - 4 mm high, lobes of the rostellum acute at the tips. Anther cap with a fine crest covering the lobes of the rostellum at its upper and joined tips. Capsule fusiform of 50 - 75 mm long.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF9BFE56FD6EFB0EFDAE19D4.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte. In the humid forest, from 800 to 1850 m elevation.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF9BFE56FD6EFB0EFDAE19D4.taxon	discussion	REMARKS Jumellea confusa was recorded in Comoros archipelago (Stewart 1968; Du Puy et al. 1999; Stewart et al. 2006; Pailler et al. 2009). But according to the collections type numbers P 00090529 and P 00090515, belonging respectively to J. arborescens and J. confusa, the specimens from the Comoros assigned to J. confusa were misidentified and belong to J. arborescens. Differences between these two species are mainly in the leaf shape which is elliptical for J. arborescens but oblong for J. confusa. Compared to J. arborescens from Madagascar inflorescences size and number are larger for individuals from the Comoros. (Bosser & Lecoufle 2011).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE56FF05FB90FC771EB7.taxon	description	(Fig. 6)	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE56FF05FB90FC771EB7.taxon	materials_examined	— Lectotype (designated here): Comoros, Grande Comore? Anjouan?, V. 1850, Boivin s. n. (lecto-, P [P 00115682]!), Lavanchie 35 (isolecto-, P [P 00115683]!). SPECIMENS STUDIED. — Comoros. Anjouan, Moya road, Rakotozafy 1094 bis (P [P 00115684]!). — Grande Comore, forest above Kourani, Piste du Capitaine du Bois, II. 1975, Floret 929 (P [P 00213129]!); La Grille Massif, V. 1981, Doutrelepont s. n. (P [P 00115686]!); Maoueni, La Grille forest, 780 m, XI. 1999, Labat et al. 3090 (P [P 00183941]!); Mitsoudje, Nyumbadju, 450 m, XI. 1999, Labat et al. 3134 (P [P 00183998]!); Mvouni, 1900 m, XI. 1999, Labat et al. 3165 (P [P 00184037]!); Bahani, 950 m, VIII. 2000, Brionnaud et al. 52 (P [P 00216043]!, CNDRS); Karthala, 1880 m, VIII., Brionnaud et al. 62 (P [P 00216056, P 00216057]!); La Grille, 27. II. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 038 (REU!). — Mohéli, Ouhala II, 401 m, 2. III. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 081 (REU!).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE56FF05FB90FC771EB7.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — Madagascar, Comoros. Mostly in the humid forest, from 400 to 1900 m elevation.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE56FF05FB90FC771EB7.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Epiphyte up to 50 cm high, stem compressed, stiff, erect or pendant, branched, sometimes covered with small protuberances of aerial roots. Aerial root appearing along the stem, on the internodes covered with old and dry leaf sheaths. Leaves small (20 - 55 × 5 - 6 mm), oblong, conduplicate, slightly bilobate. Leaf sheath adnate to the stem. Inflorescence small; peduncle very short (2 - 3 mm) covered by 4 - imbricate sterile and tubular bracts. Pedicellate ovary three times longer than the peduncle (15 - 16 mm), fertile bract thin (6 - 8 mm long) and tubuliform. Flower diaphanous white; sepals and petals oval, of the same size (13.5 - 15 × 2.5 - 3.5 mm), acute. Lip pandurate or ovate, flat on the surface (15 - 16 × 4 mm), carinate (2.5 mm), slightly narrowed in the middle, widened at the base and at the upper part, apiculate. Spur 11 - 12 mm long, swollen at the apex. Column thin and very short (1.5 - 2 mm long and 1 - 1.5 mm high); lobes of the rostellum acute at the external tips inbetween which a very small and acute median tongue of rostellum is visible. Anther cap crested on the surface. Capsule fusiform, 2 - 3 cm long.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE54FC92FB6DFE1D1CBC.taxon	description	(Fig. 7)	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE54FC92FB6DFE1D1CBC.taxon	materials_examined	— Type: Comoros, Grande Comore, La Grille, 11 ° 27 ’ 45.6 ’’ S, 43 ° 20 ’ 22.2 ’’ E, 1076 m, 27. II. 2009, Rakotoarivelo 060 (holo-, REU!; iso-, REU!, KM!, TAN!). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Comoros. Grande Comore, Karthala, 2100 m, VII. 2008, Boulongne 64 (K!); La Grille, 11 ° 27 ’ 45.6 ’’ S, 43 ° 20 ’ 22.2 ’’ E, 1076 m, 27. II. 2009, Rakotoarivelo 059 (REU!); 2. III. 2010, Blambert, HB 71 (REU!).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE54FC92FB6DFE1D1CBC.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — Endemic to Grande Comore. In midopen vegetation from 1000 m elevation.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF95FE54FC92FB6DFE1D1CBC.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Epiphyte, stem erect, up to 40 cm long, cylindrical in section (4 - 5 mm), covered by leaves (3 - 7) in the upper third. Aerial roots persistent, appearing on the opposite position of the remnants of flowers from previous years, piercing leaf sheaths (13 - 20 mm). Leaves (6 - 9 × 1.2 - 1.5 cm) thick, rigid, flat on the surface, non fragrant, elliptical, and inequally bilobate at the apex. Inflorescences lateral, piercing leaf sheaths, sub-perennial, producing flower for two consecutive years. Peduncle short (15 - 40 mm), with four persistent and imbricate sterile bracts, the fourth is placed in the middle. Fertile bract tubuliform (6 - 8 mm), persistent and obtuse, same shape and size as the larger sterile bract. Pedicellate ovary, twice the length of the peduncle (5 - 6 cm). Flowers small, characterized by perianth parts crispate at the base and apiculate at the apex. Median sepal (12 - 14 × 1.5 - 2 mm) upright, outer surface rough, oblong. Lateral sepals slightly curved, identical with the median sepal. Petals oblong, slightly longer than sepals (13 - 15 × 1.5 - 2 mm). Lip ovate or pandurate (14 - 16.5 × 5 - 6 mm), slightly folded on surface, narrow at the base, carina reaching the middle (7 mm). Spur filiform, curved at the base, 39 - 41 mm long, longer than the lip but shorter than the pedicellate ovary. Column 3 mm height and 2 - 3 mm wide. Cap of anther with a median crest covering the lobes of the rostellum. Lobes of the rostellum acute at the tips, projected forward. Fruit capsule fusiform conforming to other species of the genus, 40 - 42 mm long.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF97FE52FD40FA6BFE6A1F99.taxon	description	(Fig. 8)	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF97FE52FD40FA6BFE6A1F99.taxon	materials_examined	— Type: Grande Comore, littoral, 24. IX. 1884, Humblot 1247 (holo-, W [W-Rchb. Orch. 0011606]!; iso-, P [P 00090545, P 00090546, P 00090547]!). SPECIMENS EXAMINED. — Grande Comore, littoral, 24. IX. 1884, Humblot 1247 (P [P 00090545, P 00090546, P 00090547]!); 10. IV. 1988, Monnerat s. n. (P [P 00213135, P 00213137]!); Mdjoiezi, 11 ° 50 ’ 8 ” S, 43 ° 19 ’ 8 ’’, 340 m, 13. XI. 1999, Labat et al. 3119 (P [P 00183978, P 00183979]!); Bahani, 11 ° 38 ’ S, 43 ° 18 ’ E, 620 m, 20. VII. 2000, Brionnaud 17 (P [P 00216001, P 00216002]!); Hantsongoma, 400 m, 26. II. 2009, Rakotoarivelo et al. 039 (REU!). — Anjouan, Mont Tringui, 3. XI. 2006, Labat et al. 3773 (P [P 00527401]!).	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF97FE52FD40FA6BFE6A1F99.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. — Endemic to Mayotte and the Comoros (Grande Comore, and Moheli). Up to 800 m elevation.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
03AA87AFFF97FE52FD40FA6BFE6A1F99.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION Epiphytic plant; stem, erect or pendant, branched, can reach more than 50 cm in length, covered by appressed leaf sheaths, roots rarely distributed along the stem. Leaves grouped at the top of the stem, leathery, elliptical, folded (63 - 80 × 8 - 11 mm), slightly bilobate at the apex. Each branch often bears a sin - gle or two lateral inflorescences. Peduncle 13 to 22 mm long, totally covered by three sterile bracts. All bracts tubuliform, persistent, apex obtuse. Fertile bract 15 - 17 mm long, inserted at the base of the pedicellate ovary (3.5 - 6 cm). Flower white; sepals and petals oval, crispate at the base and obtuse at the apex. Median sepal erect, similar to the lateral sepals (20 - 25 × 2.5 - 3.5 mm). Petals slightly smaller and thinner than sepals (21 - 22 × 1.5 - 2 mm), narrower at the base. Lip lanceolate, surface slightly folded (20 - 28 × 2.5 - 3 mm), carinate at the base (7 - 10 mm), widened at the lower third, apiculate. Spur very long (9 - 15 cm), angled, narrower toward the hole. Column 2 - 3 mm long; anther cap smooth, without any crest. Lobes of the rostellum acute at the tips. Tongue of the rostellum small and acute. Capsule fusiform, 2 - 4 cm long.	en	Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Pailler, Thierry, Faliniaina, Lucien (2013): Revision of the genus Jumellea Schltr. (Orchidaceae) from the Comoros Archipelago. Adansonia (3) 35 (1): 33-46, DOI: 10.5252/a2013n1a3, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/a2013n1a3
