Vanilla

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Vanilla']

العربية: فانيلا (نبات)
مصرى: فانيليا
беларуская: Ваніль
български: Ванилия
বাংলা: ভ্যানিলা
brezhoneg: Vanilha
bosanski: Vanilija
нохчийн: Чамхутал
čeština: Vanilovník
чӑвашла: Ваниль
dansk: Vanilje
Deutsch: Vanille
Ελληνικά: Βανίλια
Esperanto: Vanilo
euskara: Banilla
فارسی: وانیل (سرده)
suomi: Vaniljat
Nordfriisk: Wanile
galego: Vainilla
עברית: וניל
hrvatski: Vanilija
hornjoserbsce: Wanilija
magyar: Vanília
հայերեն: Վանիլ
日本語: バニラ属
ქართული: ვანილი
한국어: 바닐라속
перем коми: Ваниль
коми: Ваниль
lietuvių: Vanilė
Malagasy: Lavanila
македонски: Ванила
മലയാളം: വാനില
кырык мары: Ваниль
Nāhuatl: Tlīlxōchitl
norsk bokmål: vaniljeslekten
norsk nynorsk: Vaniljeslekta
norsk: Vaniljeslekten
occitan: Vanilha
polski: Wanilia
پنجابی: ونیلا(رنگرتی)
Runa Simi: Waynilla
русский: Ваниль
slovenčina: Vanilka
slovenščina: vanilija, vanilja
svenska: Vaniljsläktet
తెలుగు: వెనిలా
ไทย: สกุลวานิลลา
удмурт: Ваниль
українська: Ваніль
მარგალური: ვანილი
中文: 香莢蘭屬, 香荚兰属, 香果兰属
中文（中国大陆）: 香荚兰属
中文（简体）: 香荚兰属
中文（繁體）: 香莢蘭屬
中文（香港）: 香莢蘭屬
中文（新加坡）: 香荚兰属
中文（臺灣）: 香莢蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Vanilloideae • Tribus: Vanilleae • Genus: Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (1754)

Genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (1754)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Vanillophorum Neck., Elem. Bot. 3: 134 (1790) Myrobroma Salisb., Parad. Lond.: t. 82 (1807) Dictyophyllaria Garay, Bot. Mus. Leafl. 30: 231 (1986)

130 Species

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 20 April 2020):

V. abundiflora, V. acuminata, V. acuta, V. africana, V. albida, V. andamanica, V. angustipetala, V. annamica, V. aphylla, V. appendiculata, V. arcuata, V. aspericaulis, V. atropogon, V. bahiana, V. barbellata, V. barrereana, V. bertoniensis, V. bicolor, V. borneensis, V. bradei, V. calyculata, V. capixaba, V. chalotii, V. chamissonis, V. claviculata, V. cobanensis, V. columbiana, V. corinnae, V. costaricensis, V. coursii, V. crenulata, V. cribbiana, V. cristagalli, V. cucullata, V. decaryana, V. decesareae, V. denshikoira, V. diabolica, V. dietschiana, V. dilloniana, V. dressleri, V. dubia, V. dungsii, V. edwallii, V. espondae, V. esquipulensis, V. fimbriata, V. francoisii, V. gardneri, V. giulianettii, V. grandifolia, V. griffithii, V. guatemalensis, V. guianensis, V. hallei, V. hamata, V. hartii, V. havilandii, V. helleri, V. heterolopha, V. hostmannii, V. humblotii, V. imperialis, V. inodora, V. insignis, V. javieri, V. kaniensis, V. karen-christianae, V. kempteriana, V. kinabaluensis, V. labellopapillata, V. leprieurii, V. madagascariensis, V. marmoreisense, V. marowynensis, V. martinezii, V. methonica, V. mexicana, V. montana, V. moonii, V. nigerica, V. norashikiniana, V. ochyrae, V. odorata, V. organensis, V. oroana, V. ovalis, V. ovata, V. palembanica, V. palmarum, V. paludosa, V. parvifolia, V. paulista, V. penicillata, V. perrieri, V. phaeantha, V. phalaenopsis, V. planifolia, V. platyphylla, V. poitaei, V. polylepis, V. pompona, V. raabii, V. ramificans, V. ramosa, V. rebecae, V. ribeiroi, V. rivasii, V. roscheri, V. ruiziana, V. sanjappae, V. sarapiquensis, V. savannarum, V. schwackeana, V. seranica, V. seretii, V. siamensis, V. somae, V. sotoarenasii, V. sprucei, V. sumatrana, V. trigonocarpa, V. utteridgei, V. vellozoi, V. walkerae, V. wariensis, V. wightii, V. yanesha, V. yersiniana, V. zanzibarica

Included species (for Tropicos, 20 April 2020):

V. abundiflora, V. acuminata, V. acuta, V. africana, V. albida, V. andamanica, V. angustifolia, V. angustipetala, V. annamica, V. anomala, V. aphylla, V. appendiculata, V. arcuata, V. argentina, V. aromatica, V. articulata, V. aspericaulis, V. atropogon, V. axillaris, V. bahiana, V. bakeri, V. bampsiana, V. barbellata, V. barrereana, V. bertoniensis, V. bicolor, V. borneensis, V. bosseri, V. bradei, V. calopogon, V. calyculata, V. capixaba, V. carinata, V. chalotii, V. chamissonis, V. claviculata, V. cobanensis, V. cochlearilabia, V. colonensis, V. columbiana, V. corinneae, V. correllii, V. costaricensis, V. coursii, V. crenulata, V. cribbiana, V. cristagalli, V. cristatocallosa, V. cucullata, V. decaryana, V. denshikoira, V. denticulata, V. diabolica, V. dietschiana, V. dilloniana, V. domestica, V. dressleri, V. dubia, V. duckei, V. dungsii, V. edwallii, V. eggersii, V. ellipticum, V. ensifolia, V. epidendrum, V. espondae, V. esquipulensis, V. fasciola, V. fimbriata, V. fragrans, V. francoisii, V. gardneri, V. giulianettii, V. grandiflora, V. grandifolia, V. griffithii, V. guatemalensis, V. guianensis, V. hallei, V. hamata, V. hartii, V. hartii, V. havilandii, V. helleri, V. heterolopha, V. hirsuta, V. hostmannii, V. humblotii, V. imperialis, V. inodora, V. inornata, V. insignis, V. javieri, V. kaniensis, V. karen-christianae, V. kempteriana, V. kinabaluensis, V. labellopapillata, V. latisegmenta, V. laurentiana, V. laxiflorum, V. leprieurii, V. lindmaniana, V. lucidum, V. lujae, V. lutea, V. lutescens, V. madagascariensis, V. majaijensis, V. marmoreisensis, V. marowynensis, V. martinezii, V. matogrossense, V. methonica, V. mexicana, V. mexique, V. microcarpa, V. montana, V. moonii, V. nigerica, V. ochyrae, V. odorata, V. organensis, V. oroana, V. ovalifolia, V. ovalis, V. ovata, V. palembanica, V. palmarum, V. paludosa, V. parishii, V. parviflorum, V. parvifolia, V. pauciflora, V. paulista, V. penicillata, V. perexills, V. perplexa, V. perrieri, V. pfaviana, V. phaeantha, V. phalaenopsis, V. philippinensis, V. pierrei, V. pilifera, V. pittieri, V. planifolia, V. planifolia, V. platinilla, V. platyphylla, V. pleei, V. poitaei, V. polylepis, V. pompona, V. ponapensis, V. portellanum, V. porteresiana, V. praestans, V. preussii, V. pseudopompona, V. pterosperma, V. purusara, V. ramificans, V. ramosa, V. rebecae, V. ribeiroi, V. rivasii, V. rojasiana, V. ronoensis, V. roscheri, V. rubiginosa, V. rubra, V. ruiziana, V. sanjappae, V. sarapiquensis, V. sativa, V. savannarum, V. schwackeana, V. seranica, V. seretii, V. shenzhenica, V. siamensis, V. somai, V. sotoarenasii, V. speciosa, V. sprucei, V. subrepens, V. sumatrana, V. sylvestris, V. tahitensis, V. tahiti, V. taiwaniana, V. tisserantii, V. tolypephora, V. trigonocarpa, V. utteridgei, V. vellozii, V. verrucosa, V. viridiflora, V. walkeriae, V. wariensis, V. weberbaueriana, V. wightii, V. williamsii, V. wrightii, V. yanesha, V. yersiniana, V. zanzibarica, V. × tahitensis
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Vanilla mexicana Mill. (1768)

See also: Unidentified Vanilla.

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Africa
- West Tropical Africa
  - Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierre Leone.
- West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Zaïre.
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Ethiopia.
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
- Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal.
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles.
Asia-Temperate
- China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast.
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka.
- Indo-China
  - Andaman Islands, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam.
- Malesia
  - Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Peninsular Malaysia, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
- Papuasia
  - Papua New Guinea.
Northern America
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Florida.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
- Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Brazil
  - Brazil West-Central, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil North, Brazil South.
- Southern South America‘‘‘
  - Argentina Northeast, Paraguay.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Vanilla.

Vanilla

Genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (1754)

130 Species

Navigation menu

Search