Orchidaceae
Vanilla

Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne

First published in Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo, n.s., f.m., 1: 125 (1944)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Brazil (E. Central Minas Gerais). It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Southeast

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pansarin, E.R. (2024). Rediscovery and revalidation of the Brazilian endemic Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne (Orchidaceae): its distribution and phylogenetic position. Plant Ecology and Evolution 157: 32-41.
  • Soto Arenas, M.A. & Cribb, P. (2010). A new infrageneric classification and synopsis of the genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (Orchidaceae: Vanillinae). Lankesteriana 9: 355-398.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v20i3.45203. epublication. [Cited as Vanilla planifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pansarin, E.R. (2024). Rediscovery and revalidation of the Brazilian endemic Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne (Orchidaceae): its distribution and phylogenetic position. Plant Ecology and Evolution 157: 32-41.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0