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The genus Vanilla is in the family Orchidaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Vanilla

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Vanilla abundiflora J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla acuminata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla africana Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla albida Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla andamanica Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla angustipetala Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla annamica Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla aphylla Blume	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla appendiculata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla bahiana Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla barbellata Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla bertoniensis Bertoni	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla bicolor Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla borneensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla bradei Schltr. ex Mansf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla calopogon Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla calyculata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla chalotii Finet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla chamissonis Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla claviculata Sw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla columbiana Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla costaricensis Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla coursii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla crenulata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla cribbiana Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla cristagalli Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla cucullata Kraenzl. ex J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla decaryana H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla diabolica P.O'Byrne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla dietschiana Edwall	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla dilloniana Correll	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla dressleri Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla dubia Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla dungsii Pabst	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla edwallii Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla ellipticum Williams & Summerhayes	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla espondae Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla fimbriata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla francoisii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla gardneri Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla giulianettii F.M.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla grandifolia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla griffithii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla guianensis Splitg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla hallei Szlach. & Olszewski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla hamata Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla hartii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla havilandii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla helleri A.D.Hawkes	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla heterolopha Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla hostmannii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla humblotii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla imperialis Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla inodora Schiede	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla insignis Ames	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla kaniensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla kempteriana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla kinabaluensis Carr	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla laxiflorum Barb. Rodr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla lucidum Cogn.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla madagascariensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla martinezii Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla matogrossense Hoehne	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla methonica Rchb.f. & Warsz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla mexicana Mill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla mexique Costantin & Bois	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla microcarpa H.Karst.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla montana Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla moonii Thwaites	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla nigerica Rendle	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla ochyrae Szlach. & Olszewski	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla odorata C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla organensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla oroana Dodson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla ovalis Blanco	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla ovata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla palembanica Teijsm. & Binn.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla palmarum (Salzm. ex Lindl.) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla parviflorum Lindl.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla parvifolia Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla penicillata Garay & Dunst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla perrieri Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla phalaenopsis Rchb.f. ex Van Houtte	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla platinilla hort. ex Gentil	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla platyphylla Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla poitaei Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla polylepis Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla pompona Schiede	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Vanilla portellanum Barb. Rodr.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla praestans Hoehne	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla ramificans J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla ramosa Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla ribeiroi Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla roscheri Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla ruiziana Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla sanjappae Rasingam, R.P.Pandey, J.J.Wood & S.K.Srivast.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla sarapiquensis Soto Arenas	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla savannarum Britton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla seranica J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla seretii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla siamensis Rolfe ex Downie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla somae Hayata	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla speciosa Boxall ex Náves	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla sprucei Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla subrepens Hoehne	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla sumatrana J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla tahitensis J.W. Moore	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla tahiti Costantin & Bois	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla trigonocarpa Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla utteridgei J.J.Wood	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla vellozoi Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla walkeriae Wight	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla wariensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla wightii Lindl. ex Wight	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla williamsii Hook. f.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Vanilla yersiniana Guillaumin & Sigaldi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Vanilla zanzibarica Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 198 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Vanilla. Of these 106 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 18 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Vanilla. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 198 species names for the genus Vanilla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	106	53.5%
◕	Synonym	78	39.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	14	7.1%

All names

The status of the 216 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Vanilla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	108	50.0%
◕	Synonym	94	43.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	14	6.5%

Of the species names,

• 4 are recorded as invalid
• 7 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 1 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 198 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Vanilla, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	105	78	0	0	183	92.4%
	Medium confidence	1	0	0	0	1	0.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	14	14	7.1%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Vanilla is as follows: