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Jumellea rossii Senghas 1967

Description

J. rossii Senghas

Distribution: — Mauritius and Réunion

Specimens examined: — MAURITIUS. Macabé, 27 July 1967, Vaughan, s.n. (MAU 0002113) (fr.).

Habitat: — In Mauritius: epiphyte of evergreen forest with canopy reaching 15-18 m high.

Conservation status:— The species is assessed in Mauritius as Extinct (EX) as per IUCN red list criteria (IUCN 2001), as it was collected only once in 1967 and there are no known individuals alive today on the island despite the many botanical surveys that have been carried out in its known locality over the last 44 years.

Phenology:— Flowering in Mauritius: July (plant in cultivation).

Notes: — This species has a spur of the same length as the labellum while in J. cf. fragrans the spur is twice the length of the labellum.

Notes

Published as part of Baider, Claudia, Vincent Florens, F. B., Rakotoarivelo, Fanny, Bosser, Jean & Pailler, Thierry, 2012, Two new records of Jumellea (Orchidaceae) for Mauritius (Mascarene Islands) and their conservation status, pp. 21-28 in Phytotaxa 52 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.52.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5060849

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MAU
Material sample ID
MAU 0002113
Event date
1967-07-27
Verbatim event date
1967-07-27
Scientific name authorship
Senghas
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Jumellea
Species
rossii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Jumellea rossii Senghas, 1967 sec. Baider, Florens, Rakotoarivelo, Bosser & Pailler, 2012

References

  • IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List criteria and categories: version 3. 1. IUCN. Gland, Switzerland, 30 pp.