134.0000
Family
Orchidaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 64 (1789), nom. cons.
over 800 genera, more than 30.000 spp. worldwide, mostly tropical
Species listed in database: 30648; hybrids: 1477
= Apostasiaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833), nom. cons.
= Cypripediaceae Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 22 (1833)
= Limodoraceae Horan.; Char. Ess. Fam. 44 (1847)
= Liparidaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 567 (1895)
= Neottiaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 50 (1834)
= Neuwiediaceae R.Dahlgren ex Reveal & Hoogland; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 13: 91 (1991)
= Ophrydaceae Vines; Stud. Text-book Bot. 2: 566 (1895)
= Pycnanthaceae Ravenna; Onira 12(6): 29 (2011)
= Vanillaceae Lindl.; Key Bot. 73 (1835)
134.2205
Genus
Vanilla Mill.; Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4: s. p. (1754)
Distribution: nearly pantropical. Taxonomy surprisingly difficult, with many names of uncertain status, especially around the cultivated taxa. Many recently described taxa are probably not tenable.
Species listed in database: 123; hybrids: 1
= Dictyophyllaria Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30(4): 231 (1986)
= Miguelia Aver.; Turczaninowia 14(2): 45 (2011)
= Myrobroma Salisb.; Parad. Lond., t. 82 (1807)
= Vanillophorum Neck.; Elem. Bot. [Necker] 3: 134 (1790)
species :
Vanilla abundiflora
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 2: 21 (1920)
Distribution: Borneo (Kalimantan)
42 BOR
species :
Vanilla acuminata
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 456 (1896)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; Gabon
23 CON GAB
Remarks: status unconfirmed, possibly a synonym of V. africana
species :
Vanilla africana
Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 137 (1862)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CON EQG GAB PRI
Synonyms: hidden
= Angraecum africanum (Lindl.) Jacob-Makoy; Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 114: 46 (1870)
= Vanilla crenata A.Chev.; (1920), nomen
= Vanilla crenulata Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 477 (1896)
species :
Vanilla albida
Blume; Cat. Gew. Buitenzorg [Blume] 100 (1823), et Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 422 (1823)
Distribution: Andaman / Nicobar Isl.; Thailand; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Gunung Korbu, Perak); Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Sulawesi; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.
41 THA VIE 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY SUL SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla montana Ridl.; J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 6: 58 (1915)
= Vanilla yersiniana Guillaumin & Sigaldi; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 36: 162 (1964)
species :
Vanilla allorgeae
C.F.Andriam. & Pailler; J. Syst. Evol. 61(1): 91 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla andamanica
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 237 (1918)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.; ?Nicobar Isl.
41 AND
species :
Vanilla andina
Damian & H.Garzón; Phytotaxa 552(1): 64 (2022)
Distribution: Ecuador; Peru
83 ECU PER
species :
Vanilla angustipetala
Schltr.; Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secc. Bot. 1(4): 19 (1922)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (San Pedro, Alto Paraná); Argentina (Corrientes, Misiones)
84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla rojasiana Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 1: 61 (1941)
= Vanilla verrucosa Hauman; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 365 (1917)
species :
Vanilla annamica
Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 3: 686 (1931), emend. Aver. 1988
Distribution: China (Fujian, SW-Guizhou, Hongkong, SE-Yunnan); Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Miguelia annamica (Gagnep.) Aver.; Turczaninowia 14(2): 49 (2011)
species :
Vanilla aphylla
Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 422 (1825)
Distribution: India (Assam, Manipur, Mizoram); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perlis); Java
40 BAN IND 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla calopogon Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 40 (1878)
= Vanilla parishii Rchb.f.; Otia Bot. Hamburg. 39 (1878)
species :
Vanilla appendiculata
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 178 (1895)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; ?Peru; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas)
82 GUY SUR 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla purusara Barb.Rodr. ex Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 1: 127 (1944)
species :
Vanilla arcuata
Pansarin & M.R.Miranda; Phytotaxa 267(1): 80 (2016)
Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla armoriquensis
Damian & Mitidieri; Phytotaxa 451(2): 158 (2020)
Distribution: Peru (Junin)
83 PER
species :
Vanilla atropogon
Schuit., Aver. & Rybková; OrchideenJ. 1-1(online): 10 (2013)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Vanilla atsinananensis
C.F.Andriam. & Pailler; J. Syst. Evol. 61(1): 92 (2022)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla bahiana
Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 2: 108 (1950)
Distribution: N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla baosangii
Vuong, Aver. & V.C.Nguyen; Phytotaxa 718(1): 60 (2025)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Vanilla barbellata
Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 274 (1865)
Name: Link vine, Worm vine (Bahamas), Bejuco de lombriz (Dominican Republic), Liane couleuvre, Liane vers (Haiti)
Distribution: USA (S-Florida); Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. John, St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda)
78 USA 81 BAH CUB HIS PUE VIR
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla articulata Northr.; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 12: 31 (1902)
= Vanilla bakeri Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 561 (1910)
species :
Vanilla barrereana
Veyret & Szlach.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 16 (24): 220 (1994 publ. 1995)
Distribution: Guyana; ?Surinam; French Guiana
82 FRG GUY
species :
Vanilla bertoniensis
Bertoni; Anales Ci. Parag. 8: 10 (1910)
Distribution: Paraguay (Alto Paraná)
85 PAR
species :
Vanilla bicolor
Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 37 (1838)
Distribution: Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); Grenada; Trinidad; Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
81 CUB GRE HIS JAM TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla claviculata Lindl.; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 3, 1: 334 (1858) [non Sw.]
= Vanilla gratiosa Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 267 (1886)
= Vanilla lutea C.Wright ex Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 267 (1866)
= Vanilla palmarum Griseb.; (1866) [non (Salzm. ex Lindl.) Lindl. 1840]
= Vanilla palmarum var. grandiflora Cogn.; (1893)
= Vanilla wrightii Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 273 (1865)
species :
Vanilla borneensis
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 460 (1896)
Distribution: N-India (Assam); Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Kota Tinggi, Johor); Borneo (Kalimantan, Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah); Brunei
40 IND 41 THA 42 BOR BRN MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla pilifera Holttum; Gard. Bull. Singapore 13: 253 (1951)
species :
Vanilla bosseri
L.Allorge; Hommes Pl. 85: 4 (2013)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla bradei
Schltr. ex Mansf.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 243 (1928)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla calamitosa
D.N.Carvalho, Meneguzzo & Van den Berg; Kew Bull. 78(3): 310 (2023)
Distribution: Brazil (Bahia)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla calyculata
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 7: 42 (1920)
Distribution: El Salvador; Honduras; Colombia (Cauca, Huila, Tolima, Valle del Cauca)
80 ELS HON 82 CLM
species :
Vanilla cameroniana
Damian; Phytotaxa 609(3): 223 (2023)
Distribution: French Guiana
82 FRG
species :
Vanilla capixaba
Fraga & D.R.Couto; Phytotaxa 296(1): 64 (2017)
Distribution: Brazil (Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla cardinalis
Aver. & Nuraliev; Phytotaxa 548(1): 120 (2022)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Vanilla ceronii
Dodson ex Szlach. & Kolan.; Mater. Orchid Fl. Colombia 3: 398 (2020)
Distribution: Ecuador (Napo)
83 ECU
species :
Vanilla chalotii
Finet; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 102 (1909)
Distribution: Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
23 EQG GAB
species :
Vanilla chamissonis
Klotzsch; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 564 (1846)
Distribution: French Guiana; Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (San Pedro); Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, Misiones)
82 FRG 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla chamissonis var. brevifolia Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(4): 149 (1893)
variant :
var. longifolia
Hoehne
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla claviculata
(Sw.) Sw.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 66 (1799)
Name: Vainilla (Cuba), Bejuco de lombriz (Dominican Republic), Liane couleuvre, Liane vers (Haiti), Greenwithe (Jamaica)
Distribution: Cuba; Cayman Isl. (Grand Cayman); Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Thomas)
81 CAY CUB HIS JAM PUE VIR
Synonyms: hidden
= Epidendrum claviculatum Sw.; Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. [O.P.Swartz] 120 (1788)
species :
Vanilla cobanensis
Archila; Revista Guatemalensis 2(3): 47, fig. 2 (1999)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
species :
Vanilla corinnae
Sambin & Chiron; Richardiana, n. s. 1: 26 (2017)
Distribution: French Guiana
82 FRG
species :
Vanilla costaricensis
Soto Arenas; Lankesteriana 9(3): 297 (2010)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Vanilla coursii
H.Perrier; Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 30: 435 (1950)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla cribbiana
Soto Arenas; Lankesteriana 9(3): 300 (2010)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON
species :
Vanilla cruenta
(Aver. & Vuong) Karremans, Damian & Léotard; Lankesteriana 20(3): 398 (2020)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Miguelia cruenta Aver. & Vuong; Taiwania 60(1): 36 (2015)
species :
Vanilla cucullata
Kraenzl. ex J.Braun & K.Schum.; Mitth. Forschungsreisenden Gel. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. 2: 161 (1889)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon
23 CMN GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla africana subsp. cucullata (Kraenzl. ex J.Braun & K.Schum.) Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 34: 286 (1998)
species :
Vanilla decaryana
H.Perrier; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 6: 193, in clavi, 194 (1934)
Distribution: Madagascar (Toliara)
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla decesareae
Ormerod & Cootes; OrchideenJ. 1(2): 4 (2013)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
species :
Vanilla diabolica
P.O´Byrne; Malayan Orchid Rev. 30: 67 (1996)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Vanilla dietschiana
Edwall; Revista Centro Sci. Campinas 2: 192 (1903)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Espirito Santo, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Dictyophyllaria dietschiana (Edwall) Garay; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30(4): 231 (1986)
species :
Vanilla dilloniana
Correll; Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 15: 331 (1946)
Name: Bejuco de lombriz (Dominican Republic), Liane vers, Liane couleuvre (Haiti), Gungulen (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: USA (S-Florida, Paradise Key); Cuba; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico
78 USA 81 CUB HIS PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla aphylla Eggers; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn, Ser. 5, 1: 21 (1889)
species :
Vanilla dressleri
Soto Arenas; Lankesteriana 9(3): 303 (2010)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Chocó, Putumayo, Valle del Cauca)
80 COS PAN 82 CLM
species :
Vanilla dubia
Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 1: 126 (1944)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla dungsii
Pabst; Bradea 2(10): 49 (1975)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla edwallii
Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 1: 61 (1941)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Brasilia Distrito Federal); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Argentina (Misiones)
84 BRA 85 ARG
species :
Vanilla espondae
Soto Arenas; Lankesteriana 9(3): 281 (2010)
Distribution: Colombia (Magdalena)
82 CLM
species :
Vanilla esquipulensis
Archila & Chiron; Richardiana 13: 6 (2012)
Distribution: Guatemala
80 GUA
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Vanilla fimbriata
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 133 (1899)
Distribution: Guyana; ?N-Brazil
82 GUY
species :
Vanilla francoisii
H.Perrier; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 8: 37 (1939)
Distribution: Madagascar (Toamasina)
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla giulianettii
F.M.Bailey; Queensland Agric. J. 7: 350 (1900)
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
Remarks: doubtful species, described from a fruiting fragment
species :
Vanilla grandifolia
Lindl.; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 138 (1862)
Distribution: Principe Isl.; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 GAB PRI ZAI
species :
Vanilla griffithii
Rchb.f.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 88 (1854)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (throughout); Singapore; Sumatra (incl. Karimun Besar Isl.); Borneo (Sabah, Anambas Isl.); Brunei
41 THA 42 BOR BRN MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: vulnerable (Singapore)
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla tolypephora Ridl.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 3: 376 (1893)
species :
Vanilla guianensis
Splitg.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 2, 15: 279 (1841)
Distribution: Guatemala [I]; Colombia (Chocó, Risaralda, Quindio, Vaupes); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Miranda, Sucre); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
80 gua 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla acuta Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 453 (1896)
= Vanilla latisegmenta Ames & C.Schweinf.; Schedul. Orchid. 8: 2 (1925)
= Vanilla surinamensis Rchb.f.; Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 321 (1859), nom. superfl.
species :
Vanilla hallei
Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 34: 282 (1998)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Vanilla hartii
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 133 (1899)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Dominica; Tobago; Trinidad; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 DOM TRT 82 FRG GUY SUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla inornata Sambin & Chiron; Richardiana 15: 308 (2015)
= Vanilla leprieurii Portères; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 98: 94 (1951)
species :
Vanilla havilandii
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 236 (1918)
Distribution: ?Bangladesh; Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak)
42 BOR
species :
Vanilla helleri
A.D.Hawkes; Phytologia 14: 19 (1966)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca); Nicaragua; Costa Rica
79 MEX 80 COS NIC
Conservation Status: IUCN V
species :
Vanilla heterolopha
Summerh.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 149 (1938)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Vanilla hostmannii
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 462 (1896)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas); Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana
82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla porteresiana Szlach. & Veyret; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 16: 219 (1994 publ. 1995)
species :
Vanilla humblotii
Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 23: 726 (1885)
Distribution: Comores (Grande Comore)
29 COM
species :
Vanilla imperialis
Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 155 (1896)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Tanzania; Angola
22 GHA IVO SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG ZAI 25 TAN UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla grandiflora var. lujae (De Wild.) Geerinck; Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 107(1): 58 (1974)
= Vanilla imperialis var. congolensis De Wild.; Rev. Hist. Nat. Appl. 2: 188 (1921)
= Vanilla lujae De Wild.; Belgique Colon. 10: 28 (1904)
species :
Vanilla inodora
Schiede; Linnaea 4: 574 (1829)
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Peru
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 83 PER
Remarks: kept separate from V. mexicana by Flora Mesoamerica
Synonyms: hidden
= Notylia inodora (Schiede) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 3: 151 (1947)
= Vanilla pfaviana Rchb.f.; Gard. Chron., n. s. 20: 230 (1883)
= Vanilla preussii Kraenzl.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 320 (1919)
= Vanilla rebecae Archila & Chiron; Richardiana, n. s. 3: 74 (2019)
species :
Vanilla insignis
Ames; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 2: 101 (1934)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua
79 MEX 80 BLZ GUA HON NIC
species :
Vanilla javieri
Bar.-Colm.; Phytotaxa 375(4): 263 (2018)
Distribution: Colombia (Amazonas)
82 CLM
species :
Vanilla kaniensis
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 31 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (NE-Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Vanilla karen-christianae
Karremans & P.Lehm.; Orchids (West Palm Beach) 87(4): 305 (2018)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla uncinata Huber ex Hoehne; Arch. Inst. Biol. (São Paulo) 8: 269 (1937), nom. inval.
species :
Vanilla kempteriana
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 32 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (NE-Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Vanilla kinabaluensis
Carr; Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 8: 176 (1935)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Pahang); Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah)
42 BOR MLY
species :
Vanilla labellopapillata
A.K.Koch, Fraga, J.U.Santos & Ilk.-Borg.; Syst. Bot. 38(4): 975 (2014)
Distribution: Brazil (Pará)
84 BRA
variant :
var. guianensis
Sambin & Aucourd; Richardiana, n. s. 7: 242 (2023)
Distribution: Guyana; Surinam; Brazil (Amazonas)
82 GUY SUR 84 BRA
species :
Vanilla madagascariensis
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 476 (1896)
Distribution: Madagascar (Antsiranana, Mahajanga)
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla marmoreisense
Soto Calvo, Esperon & Sauleda; New World Orchid. Nomencl. Notes 56: 2 (2019)
Distribution: Cuba
81 CUB
species :
Vanilla marowynensis
Pulle; Enum. Vasc. Pl. Surinam 118 (1906)
Distribution: Guyana; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 FRG GUY 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla aspericaulis Sambin & Chiron; Richardiana 15: 311 (2015)
= Vanilla cristagalli Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 1: 125 (1944)
= Vanilla cristatocallosa Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s., f. maior 1: 126 (1944)
= Vanilla denshikoira Flanagan & Ospina-Calderón; Phytotaxa 364(3): 253 (2018)
species :
Vanilla methonica
Rchb.f. & Warsz.; Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 97 (1854)
Distribution: Colombia (Antioquia)
82 CLM
species :
Vanilla mexicana
(L.) Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 1 (1768)
Name: Vainilla (Cuba), Bejuco de lombriz (Hispaniola), Lombricera (Puerto Rico)
Distribution: Philippines [I]; USA (S-Florida); Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix); Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; St. Lucia; Grenada; Trinidad; Colombia (Cundinamarca, Meta); Venezuela; Peru; Guyana; +Surinam; French Guiana; N-Brazil (Pará); SE-Brazil (São Paulo)
42 phi 78 USA 81 CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE STL TRT VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 PER 84 BRA
Remarks: see also V. inodora, which is frequently combined with this taxon
Synonyms: hidden
= Epidendrum aromaticum (Sw.) J.Parm.; Cat. Pl. Enghien 29 (1818)
= Epidendrum vanilla L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 952 (1753) ex St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 125 (1880)
= Notylia vanilla (L.) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 3: 151 (1947)
= Vanilla anaromatica Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I. [Grisebach] 638 (1864)
= Vanilla angustifolia Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 121 (1805)
= Vanilla aromatica Sw.; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 66 (1799)
= Vanilla axillaris Mill.; Gard. Dict., ed. 8: no. 2 (1768)
= Vanilla epidendrum Mirb.; Hist. Nat. Pl., ed. 2, 9: 249 (1804)
= Vanilla guatemalensis Archila; Revista Guatemalensis 2(3): 46, fig. 1 (1999)
= Vanilla martinezii Soto Arenas; Lankesteriana 9(3): 320 (2010)
= Vanilla ovata Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 451 (1896)
= Vanilla paludosa Pansarin, J.M.Aguiar & A.W.C.Ferreira; Brittonia 64: 157 (2012)
= Vanilla philippinensis Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 459 (1896)
= Vanilla vanilla (L.) Huth; Helios 11: 136 (1893), nom. inval.
= Vanilla vanilla (L.) Karst.; Deut. Fl. [Karsten], ed. 2, 1: 474 (1895)
= Vanilla yanesha Damian; Willdenowia 49: 6 (2019)
species :
Vanilla moonii
Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 312 (1861)
Distribution: Sri Lanka
40 SRL
species :
Vanilla nigerica
Rendle; Cat. Pl. Oban [Rendle et al.] 108 (1913)
Distribution: Nigeria; Cameroon
22 NGA 23 CMN
species :
Vanilla norashikiniana
Go & Raffi; Malayan Nat. J. 69(3): 274 (2017)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia
42 MLY
species :
Vanilla ochyrae
Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 34: 291 (1998)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Vanilla odorata
C.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 101 (1827)
Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz); Guatemala; Belize; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Cauca, Meta); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Zulia); ?Guyana; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz); N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Pernambuco); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
79 MEX 80 BLZ COS GUA HON NIC PAN 82 CLM FRG VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Epidendrum vermifugum Sessé & Moc.; Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 201 (1894)
= Vanilla denticulata Pabst; 23rd. Congr. Nac. Bot., Garanhuns 109 (1972), et An. Soc. Bot. Brasil, XXIII Congr. Nac. Bot. 109 (1972 publ. 1973)
= Vanilla ensifolia Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 141 (1892), S. Moore, in Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot., Ser. 2, 4: 479, t. 33, fig. 6 (1895)
species :
Vanilla organensis
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 452 (1896)
Distribution: WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)
84 BRA 85 PAR
species :
Vanilla oroana
Dodson; Orquideologia 22(3): 210 (2003)
Distribution: Ecuador
83 ECU
species :
Vanilla palembanica
Teijsm. & Binn.; Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 29: 243 (1867)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
Conservation Status: known only from type
species :
Vanilla palmarum
(Salzm. ex Lindl.) Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 436 (1840)
Distribution: Cuba; Colombia (Caqueta, Vaupes); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Bolívar, Portuguesa); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; N-Brazil (Roraima, Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); S-Brazil (Paraná)
81 CUB 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Epidendrum palmarum Salzm. ex Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 436 (1840)
= Vanilla lindmaniana Kraenzl.; Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl., n. s. 46(10): 17 (1911)
= Vanilla palmarum var. grandifolia Cogn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 3(4): 154 (1893)
= Vanilla savannarum Britton; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 61 (1920)
species :
Vanilla parvifolia
Barb.Rodr.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. 2: 271 (1882)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Guaira, Alto Parana)
84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla parvifolia var. robustior Edwall ex Hoehne; Fl. Brasílica [Hoehne] 12(2): 31 (1945)
= Vanilla perexilis Bertoni; Anales Ci. Parag. 8: 8 (1910)
species :
Vanilla paulista
Fraga & Pansarin; Phytotaxa 296(1): 66 (2017)
Distribution: Brazil (São Paulo)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla penicillata
Garay & Dunst.; Venez. Orchid. Ill. [Dunsterville & Garay] 3: 324 (1965)
Distribution: Colombia (Caqueta, Vaupés); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar); Guyana; Surinam
82 CLM GUY SUR VEN
species :
Vanilla perrieri
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 33: 114 (1924)
Distribution: Madagascar (Mahajanga)
29 MDG
species :
Vanilla phaeantha
Rchb.f.; Flora 48: 274 (1865)
Distribution: USA (S-Florida); Mexico (Quintana Roo, Yucatan); Guatemala; El Salvador; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Dominican Republic); St. Vincent; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Cundinamarca, Valle del Cauca); Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar, Monagas); N-Brazil (Pará); NE-Brazil (Piauí, Pernambuco); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro)
78 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA PAN 81 CUB HIS JAM STV TRT 82 CLM VEN 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla carinata Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 468 (1896)
= Vanilla columbiana Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 468 (1896) (fide Flanagan et al. 2025)
= Vanilla gardneri Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 177 (1895)
= Vanilla planifolia var. macrantha Griseb.; Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 267 (1866)
species :
Vanilla phalaenopsis
Rchb.f. ex Van Houtte; Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 17: 97, t. 1769-1770 (1867 publ. 1868)
Distribution: Seychelles (Mahé Isl., Silhouette Isl., Praslin Isl., Felicite Isl.)
29 SEY
Conservation Status: IUCN I
species :
Vanilla planifolia
Andrews; Bot. Repos. 8: t. 538 (1808)
Name: Vanille (DE), Vainilla (EN), Vanillier (FR)
Distribution: Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [c]); Principe Isl. [c]; São Tomé [c]; Equatorial Guinea [c]; Angola [c]; Madagascar [c]; Mauritius [c]; La Réunion [c]; Rodrigues [c]; Seychelles [c] (Mahé Isl. [c], Praslin Isl. [c], Fregate Isl. [c], Curieuse Isl. [c], Coetivy Isl. [c], Darros Isl. [c]); Bangladesh [c]; Myanmar [c]; Philippines [c]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [c]; New Guinea [c]; Solomon Isl. [c]; New Caledonia [c]; Rotuma Isl. [c]; Niue [c]; Fiji [c]; Tonga [I] (Vava´u [I]); Cook Isl. [c] (Rarotonga [c]); Marquesas Isl. [c]; Society Isl. [c]; Tuamotu Arch. [c]; Austral Isl. [c]; Fed. States of Micronesia [c] (Pohnpei [c]); USA [c] (S-Florida [c]); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Cuba; Cayman Isl.; Jamaica; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas); Antigua; Guadeloupe; Dominica; Martinique; Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago [c]; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Nariño, Sucre, Valle); Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; N-Brazil (Amapa, Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil; WC-Brazil; SE-Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
23 eqg pri sao 26 ang 29 mau mdg reu rod sey 40 ban 41 mya 42 lsi nwg phi 43 sol 60 fij nue nwc rot ton 61 aui coo mrq sci tua 62 mic 78 usa 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 ABA CAY CUB DOM GDL GRE HIS JAM MAR PUE trt VIR 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Epidendrum rubrum Lam.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 1(1): 178 (1783)
= Myrobroma fragrans Salisb.; Parad. Lond. 2: t. 82 (1807), nom. illeg.
= Notylia planifolia (Andrews) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 3: 151 (1947)
= Notylia sativa (Schiede) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 3: 151 (1947)
= Notylia sylvestris (Schiede) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 3: 151 (1947)
= Vanilla aromatica var. bicolor F.Buyss.; L´Orchidophile
= Vanilla aromatica var. claviculata F.Buyss.; L´Orchidophile
= Vanilla aromatica var. discolor F.Buyss.; L´Orchidophile
= Vanilla aromatica var. lutescens F.Buyss.; L´Orchidophile
= Vanilla aromatica var. planifolia (Andrews) F.Buyss.; L´Orchidophile
= Vanilla aromatica Willd.; Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willdenow] 4: 121 (1805), nom. illeg.
= Vanilla bampsiana Geerinck; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 52 (34): 345 (1982)
= Vanilla duckei Huber; Bol. Mus. Goeldi Hist. Nat. Ethnogr. 5: 327 (1909)
= Vanilla fragrans (Salisb.) Ames; Schedul. Orchid. 7: 36 (1924)
= Vanilla hirsuta M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones; Lasianthera 1(1): 46-49 (1996)
= Vanilla majaijensis Blanco; Fl. Filip., ed. 2 [Blanco] 593 (1845)
= Vanilla planifolia var. angusta Costantin & Poiss. ex C.Henry; Agric. Colon. 83: 135 (1924)
= Vanilla rubra (Lam.) Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 5: 157 (1920)
= Vanilla sativa Schiede; Linnaea 4: 573 (1829)
= Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s., f. maior 1: 125 (1944)
= Vanilla sotoarenasii M.Pignal, Azof.-Bolaños & Grisoni; Eur. J. Taxon. 284: 17 (2017)
= Vanilla sylvestris Schiede; Linnaea 4: 573 (1829)
= Vanilla tiarei Costantin & Bois; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 161: 202 (1915)
= Vanilla viridiflora Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 422 (1825)
= Vanilla ×tahitensis J.W.Moore; Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 102: 25 (1933)
species :
Vanilla platyphylla
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 7 (1911)
Distribution: Sulawesi
42 SUL
species :
Vanilla poitaei
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 66 (1876)
Name: Bejuco de lombriz (Dominican Republic), Liane vers (Haiti)
Distribution: Bahamas; Cuba; Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic); Puerto Rico
81 BAH CUB HIS PUE
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla correllii Sauleda & R.M.Adams; Brittonia 33(2): 192 (1981)
= Vanilla eggersii Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 472 (1896)
species :
Vanilla polylepis
Summerh.; Bot. Mus. Leafl. 14: 219 (1951)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Kenya; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe
23 ZAI 25 KEN 26 ANG MLW ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla schliebenii Mansf. ex Schlieb.; Gartenflora 86: 42, 58 (1937)
species :
Vanilla pompona
Schiede; Linnaea 4: 573 (1829)
subspecies :
subsp. pompona
Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz); Guatemala
79 MEX 80 GUA
Synonyms: hidden
= Notylia pompona (Schiede) Conz.; Fl. Taxon. Mex. [Conzatti] 3: 151 (1947)
= Vanilla cochlearilabia Archila, Chiron & Menchaca; Richardiana, n. s. 3: 105 (2019)
= Vanilla planifolia var. gigantea Hoehne; Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(1): 27 (1910)
= Vanilla pleei Portères; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 98: 94 (1951)
subspecies :
subsp. grandiflora
(Lindl.) Soto Arenas; Lankesteriana 9(3): 340 (-341) (2010)
Distribution: Cayman Isl. [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Antigua [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia (Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Sucre, Tolima); Venezuela; Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas, Tocantins, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Paraíba, Pernambuco); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais)
81 aba cay dom gdl mar pue trt 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla grandiflora Lindl.; Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 435 (1840)
= Vanilla hamata Klotzsch; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 55: 563 (1846)
= Vanilla lutescens Moq. ex Dupuis; Rev. Hort. (Paris), Sér. 4, 5: 121 (1856)
subspecies :
subsp. pittieri
(Schltr.) Dressler; Lankesteriana 9(3): 341 (2010)
Distribution: Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama
80 COS GUA HON NIC PAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla pittieri Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 106 (1906)
species :
Vanilla raabii
Ormerod & Cootes; OrchideenJ. 1(2): 14, fig. 3, photogrs. (2013)
Distribution: Philippines (Luzon)
42 PHI
species :
Vanilla ramificans
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 2 1: 22 (1922), nom. nov.
Distribution: New Guinea (NE-Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla ramosa J.J.Sm.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 130 (1912), non Rolfe 1908
species :
Vanilla ramosa
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 457 (1896)
Distribution: Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 GHA NGA 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla africana subsp. ramosa (Rolfe) Szlach. & Olszewski; Fl. Cameroun 34: 286 (1998)
= Vanilla africana var. gilletii (De Wild.) Portères; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 98: 126 (1951)
= Vanilla africana var. laurentiana (De Wild.) Portères; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 98: 126 (1951)
= Vanilla beauchenei A.Chev.; Fl. Afr. Centr., Énum. Pl. Récolt. 1: 297 (1913), nomen
= Vanilla laurentiana De Wild.; Notices Pl. Utiles Interessantes Fl. Congo 327 (1903)
= Vanilla laurentiana var. gilletii De Wild.; Notes Pl. Utiles Interessantes Fl. Congo 1: 328 (1904)
species :
Vanilla ribeiroi
Hoehne; Comiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Mato Grosso Amazonas, Annexo 5, Bot. I. 28 (1910), Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 424
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
82 CLM 84 BRA
species :
Vanilla rivasii
Molineros, R.González, Flanagan & J.T.Otero; Lankesteriana 13(3): 354 (2014)
Distribution: Colombia (Chocó, Valle del Cauca)
82 CLM
species :
Vanilla roscheri
Rchb.f.; Linnaea 41: 65 (1876)
Distribution: Kenya; Pemba Isl.; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Mozambique; South Africa (NE-KwaZulu-Natal)
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ 27 SAF
species :
Vanilla ruiziana
Klotzsch; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 563 (1846)
Distribution: Peru
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla weberbaueriana Kraenzl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 395 (1906)
species :
Vanilla rupicola
Pansarin & E.L.F.Menezes; PhytoKeys 227: 154 (2023)
Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
species :
Vanilla sanjappae
Rasingam, R.P.Pandey, J.J.Wood & S.K.Srivast.; Orchid Rev. 115 (1278): 350 (2007)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
species :
Vanilla sarapiquensis
Soto Arenas; Lankesteriana 9(3): 342 (2010)
Distribution: Costa Rica
80 COS
species :
Vanilla seranica
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 10: 93 (1928)
Distribution: Moluccas (Seram)
42 MOL
species :
Vanilla seretii
De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 5: 180 (1916)
Distribution: Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CAF ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla tisserantii Portères; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 98: 93 (1951)
species :
Vanilla shenzhenica
Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 45(3): 301 (2007)
Distribution: China (S-Guangdong)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Miguelia shenzhenica (Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen) Aver.; Phytotaxa 597(2): 107 (2023)
variant :
var. fujianica
Z.Zhao, J.Liao Chen & O.Gruss; Orchidee, Taxon. Mitt. 10(14): 132 (2024)
Distribution: China (Fujian)
36 CHI
species :
Vanilla siamensis
Rolfe ex Downie; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 410 (1925)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); Myanmar; Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam
36 CHI 41 CBD MYA THA VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla pierrei Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 3: 686 (1931)
species :
Vanilla somae
Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 88 (1916) (as "somai")
Distribution: SE-China (Yunnan); Taiwan; Laos; Vietnam
36 CHI 38 TAI 41 LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Miguelia somae (Hayata) Aver.; Turczaninowia 14(2): 49 (2011), as ´somai´
= Vanilla griffithii var. formosana T.Itô; Icon. Pl. Japon. [Itô] 1: 1 (1911)
= Vanilla griffithii var. ronoensis (Hayata) S.S.Ying; Coloured Ill. Indig. Orchids Taiwan 1(2): 509 (1977)
= Vanilla ronoensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 9: 114 (1920)
species :
Vanilla sprucei
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 461 (1896)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés, Caqueta); N-Brazil (Amazonas)
82 CLM 84 BRA
species :
Vanilla sumatrana
J.J.Sm.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 2: 22 (1920)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia; Sumatra
42 MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla sanguineovenosa Go & Raffi; Malayan Nat. J. 69(2): 18 (2017)
species :
Vanilla tiendatii
Vuong, V.H.Bui, V.S.Dang & Aver.; Taiwania 65: 438 (2020)
Distribution: Vietnam
41 VIE
species :
Vanilla trigonocarpa
Hoehne; Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n. s. 1: 126 (1944)
Distribution: Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; N-Brazil (Pará, Amazonas); NE-Brazil
80 COS PAN 82 CLM 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla pauciflora Dressler; Orquideologia 13(3): 229 (1979)
species :
Vanilla utteridgei
J.J.Wood; Orchid Rev. 110 (1246): 232 (2002)
Distribution: New Guinea (E-Irian Jaya)
42 NWG
species :
Vanilla vellozoi
Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 467 (1896)
Distribution: N-Argentina; Paraguay; SE-Brazil; S-Brazil; WC-Brazil
84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla argentina Hicken; Vanilla Argent. 3 (1917)
species :
Vanilla walkerae
Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] t. 932 (1845)
Distribution: S-India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Conservation Status: IUCN I
species :
Vanilla wariensis
Schltr.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg., Beih. 1: 30 (1911)
Distribution: New Guinea (E-Papua New Guinea)
42 NWG
species :
Vanilla wightii
Lindl. ex Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] 3: t. 931 (1845)
Distribution: S-India (Kerala)
40 IND
Conservation Status: IUCN V
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla aphylla Wight; Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. [Wight] t. 931 (1845)
species :
Vanilla zanzibarica
Rolfe; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 116 (1906)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Pemba Isl.
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Vanilla ovalifolia Rolfe; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 32: 457 (1896)
species :
Vanilla ×robusta
Pansarin; Nordic J. Bot. 2025(7)- e04743: 2 (2025)
Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais)
84 BRA
