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Angraecum section Pseudojumellea Schltr., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 157 (1918).
Description:
Epiphytic on trunk or undergrowth lithophytic, medium to large plants (to 1 m height); stems erect, climbing or pendent, internodes usually long (to 5 cm); leaves thin or coriaceous, stems and leaves usually spotted black; inflorescences one-flower, subterminal, short sometimes longer than leaves, one to five per stem; flowers small to medium sized, white, sepals and petals linear-lanceolate to elliptic; labellum lowermost, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, concave, longer or equaling dorsal sepal, apex acute; spur short to elongate (to 12 cm), isodiametric at base, tapering to tip, white sometimes greenish white towards the tip; ovary round in section with 180° resupination.
Lectotype:
Angraecum mauritianum (Poir.) Frapp. [Orchis mauritiana Poir.], designated by Garay, Kew Bull. 28: 495–516 (1973).
Distribution:
Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion
Species:

World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 13/02/2017