List of Vanilla species

This is a list of species or synonyms of Vanilla (vanilla orchids), a genus whose taxonomy is unclear:

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Vanilla chamissonis

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Vanilla parvifolia
illustration circa 1895
from "Flora Brasiliensis"

• Vanilla abundiflora (Borneo)
• Vanilla acuminata (Gabon)
• Vanilla acuta (N South America)
• Vanilla africana (W & WC Tropical Africa)
• Vanilla albida (Taiwan, Indo-China to Malesia)
• Vanilla andamanica (Andaman Islands)
• Vanilla angustipetala (Brazil: São Paulo)
• Vanilla annamica (SC. China to Vietnam)
• Vanilla aphylla – Leafless Vanilla (Assam to Java)
• Vanilla appendiculata (Guyana)
• Vanilla bahiana (Brazil: Bahia)
• Vanilla bakeri (Cuba)
• Vanilla bampsiana (C Zaire)
• Vanilla barbellata – Small Bearded Vanilla, Wormvine Orchid, "snake orchid", "leafless vanilla" (S Florida to Caribbean)
• Vanilla barrereana (French Guiana)
• Vanilla bertoniensis (Paraguay.
• Vanilla bicolor (Caribbean to N & W South America)
• Vanilla borneensis (Borneo)
• Vanilla bradei (Brazil: São Paulo)
• Vanilla calopogon (Philippines: Luzon)
• Vanilla calyculata (Colombia)
• Vanilla carinata (Brazil)
• Vanilla chalottii (Gabon)
• Vanilla chamissonis – Chamisso's Vanilla (French Guiana to NE Argentina)
• Vanilla claviculata – Green Withe (Caribbean)
• Vanilla columbiana (Colombia)
• Vanilla correllii (Bahamas)
• Vanilla coursii (Madagascar)
• Vanilla cristagalli (N Brazil)
• Vanilla cristatocallosa (Guyana to N Brazil)
• Vanilla cucullata (Cameroon)
• Vanilla decaryana (SW Madagascar)
• Vanilla denticulata (Brazil)
• Vanilla diabolica (Indonesia: Sulawesi)
• Vanilla dilloniana – Dillon's Vanilla, "leafless vanilla" (S Florida to Caribbean)
• Vanilla dubia (Brazil: Minas Gerais)
• Vanilla duckei (Brazil)
• Vanilla dungsii (Brazil)
• Vanilla edwallii – Edwall's Vanilla (Brazil to Argentina)
• Vanilla fimbriata (Guyana)
• Vanilla francoisii (NE Madagascar)
• Vanilla gardneri (Brazil)
• Vanilla giulianettii (New Guinea)
• Vanilla grandiflora (S tropical Americas)
• Vanilla grandifolia (Príncipe to Zaire)
• Vanilla griffithii (W Malaysia)
• Vanilla hallei (Gabon)
• Vanilla hamata (Peru)
• Vanilla hartii (Central America)
• Vanilla havilandii (Borneo)
• Vanilla helleri (Central America)
• Vanilla heterolopha (Gabon)
• Vanilla hostmannii (Suriname)
• Vanilla humblotii (Comoros)
• Vanilla imperialis (W Tropical Africa to Tanzania and Angola)
• Vanilla inodora (Mexico and Central America)
• Vanilla insignis (Honduras)
• Vanilla kaniensis (New Guinea)

• Vanilla kempteriana (New Guinea)
• Vanilla kinabaluensis (Peninsular Malaysia to Borneo)
• Vanilla latisegmenta (Guyana)
• Vanilla leprieurii (French Guiana)
• Vanilla lindmaniana (Brazil: Mato Grosso).
• Vanilla madagascariensis (N & NW Madagascar)
• Vanilla marowynensis (Suriname)
• Vanilla methonica (Colombia)
• Vanilla mexicana – Mexican Vanilla (S Florida, Mexico to tropical South America)
• Vanilla moonii (Sri Lanka)
• Vanilla nigerica (S Nigeria to Cameroon)
• Vanilla ochyrae (Cameroon)
• Vanilla odorata – Inflated Vanilla (S Mexico to tropical South America)
• Vanilla organensis (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
• Vanilla ovalis (Philippines)
• Vanilla ovata (French Guiana)
• Vanilla palembanica (Sumatra)
• Vanilla palmarum (Cuba, S tropical Americas)
• Vanilla parvifolia (S Brazil to Paraguay)
• Vanilla penicillata (Venezuela)
• Vanilla perexilis (Paraguay)
• Vanilla perrieri (NW Madagascar)
• Vanilla phaeantha – Leafy Vanilla (S Florida to Caribbean, Central America)
• Vanilla phalaenopsis (Seychelles)
• Vanilla pierrei (Indochina)
• Vanilla pilifera (Assam to Borneo)
• Vanilla planifolia – Flat-leaved Vanilla, Tahitian Vanilla, "West Indian vanilla" (S Florida to Caribbean, Mexico to Paraguay, widely cultivated)
• Vanilla platyphylla (Indonesia: Sulawesi)
• Vanilla poitaei – Poiteau's Vanilla (Caribbean)
• Vanilla pompona Schiede – Pompona Vanilla, Guadeloupe Vanilla, "West Indian vanilla" (Caribbean)
• Vanilla polylepis Summerh. (Kenya to S tropical Africa)
• Vanilla porteresiana (French Guiana)
• Vanilla purusara (Brazil)
• Vanilla ramosa (Ghana to Tanzania)
• Vanilla ribeiroi (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
• Vanilla rojasiana (Paraguay to NE Argentina)
• Vanilla roscheri (Ethiopia to NE KwaZulu-Natal)
• Vanilla ruiziana (Peru)
• Vanilla schwackeana (Brazil: Minas Gerais)
• Vanilla seranica (Indonesia: Seram)
• Vanilla seretii (WC tropical Africa)
• Vanilla siamensis – Thai Vanilla (S Yunnan to Thailand)
• Vanilla somai (China to Taiwan)
• Vanilla sprucei (Colombia)
• Vanilla sumatrana (Sumatra)
• Vanilla surinamensis (Suriname)
• Vanilla trigonocarpa (Costa Rica to N Brazil)
• Vanilla uncinata (N Brazil)
• Vanilla utteridgei (W New Guinea)
• Vanilla vellozii (Brazil)
• Vanilla walkeriae (S India, Sri Lanka)
• Vanilla wariensis (New Guinea)
• Vanilla weberbaueriana (Peru)
• Vanilla wightii (SW India)

External links

• U.S. Plants Database

List of Vanilla species at the Encyclopedia of Life