Orchidaceae
Vanilla

Vanilla aphylla Blume

First published in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 422 (1825)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indo-China to Peninsula Malaysia, Jawa, Philippines (Luzon). It is a holomycotrophic subshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Averyanov, L.V. (2011). The orchids of Vietnam illustrated survey. Part 3. Subfamily Epidendroideae (primitive tribes - Neottieae, Vanilleae, Gastrodieae, Nervilieae). Turczaninowia 14(2): 15-100.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Ormerod, P., Kurzweil, H. & Watthana, S. (2021). Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar. Phytotaxa 481: 1-262.
  • Pedersen, H.Æ., Kurzwell, H., Suddee, S. & Cribb, P.J. (2011). Flora of Thailand 12(1): 1-302. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.
  • Sittisujjatham, S. (2006). Wild Orchid of Thailand 1: 1-495. Amarin.
  • 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.
  • Suarez, W., Cootes, J. & Clements, M.A. (2015). Contributions to Philippine Orchidology II. Orchideen Journal 2: 61-69.
  • Suddee, S., Chantanaorrapint, S., Tripetch, P. & Thainukul, S. (2010). New records in Lecanorchis Blume and Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. from Thailand with keys to the Thai species. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 38: 1-7.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Suarez, W., Cootes, J. & Clements, M.A. (2015). Contributions to Philippine Orchidology II. Orchideen Journal 2: 61-69.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1977 Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.], Thailand K000595952 No
Aug 1, 1975 Kerr, A.F.G. [0791], Thailand K000595951 No
Kerr, A.F.G. [s.n.], Thailand K000595950 No
Cuming, H. [2070], Philippines Vanilla calopogon K000942629 Unknown type material Yes
Cuming, H. [2070], Philippines Vanilla calopogon K001085928 Unknown type material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images