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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
Vanilla abundiflora J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla acuminata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla africana Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla albida Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla andamanica Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla angustipetala Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla annamica Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla aphylla Blume	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla appendiculata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla bahiana Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla barbellata Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla bertoniensis Bertoni	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla bicolor Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla borneensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla bradei Schltr. ex Mansf.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla calopogon Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla calyculata Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla chalottii Finet	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla chamissonis Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla claviculata Sw.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla columbiana Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla costaricensis Soto Arenas	Accepted		TRO
Vanilla coursii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla crenulata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla cribbiana Soto Arenas	Accepted		TRO
Vanilla cristagalli Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla cucullata Kraenzl. ex J.Braun & K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla decaryana H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla diabolica P.O'Byrne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla dilloniana Correll	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla dubia Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla dungsii Pabst	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla edwallii Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla fimbriata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla francoisii H.Perrier	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla gardneri Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla giulianettii F.M.Bailey	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla grandiflora Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla grandifolia Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla griffithii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla guianensis Splitg.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla hallei Szlach. & Olszewski	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla hamata Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla hartii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla havilandii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla helleri A.D.Hawkes	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla heterolopha Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla hostmannii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla humblotii Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla imperialis Kraenzl.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla inodora Schiede	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla insignis Ames	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla kaniensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla kempteriana Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla kinabaluensis Carr	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla madagascariensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla methonica Rchb.f. & Warsz.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla mexicana Mill.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla montana Ridl.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla moonii Thwaites	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla nigerica Rendle	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla ochyrae Szlach. & Olszewski	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla odorata C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla organensis Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla oroana Dodson	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla ovalis Blanco	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla ovata Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla palembanica Teijsm. & Binn.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla palmarum (Salzm. ex Lindl.) Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla parvifolia Barb.Rodr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla penicillata Garay & Dunst.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla perrieri Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla phalaenopsis Rchb.f. ex Van Houtte	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla pittieri Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla planifolia Jacks. ex Andrews	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla platyphylla Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla poitaei Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla polylepis Summerh.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla pompona Schiede	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla ramificans J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla ramosa Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla ribeiroi Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla roscheri Rchb.f.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla ruiziana Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla sanjappae Rasingam, R.P.Pandey, J.J.Wood & S.K.Srivast.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla savannarum Britton	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla schwackeana Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla seranica J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla seretii De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla siamensis Rolfe ex Downie	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla somae Hayata	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla sprucei Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla sumatrana J.J.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla tahitensis J.W. Moore	Accepted		TRO
Vanilla trigonocarpa Hoehne	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla utteridgei J.J.Wood	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla vellozii Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla walkeriae Wight	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla wariensis Schltr.	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla wightii Lindl. ex Wight	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla yersiniana Guillaumin & Sigaldi	Accepted		WCSP
Vanilla zanzibarica Rolfe	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 200 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Vanilla. Of these 103 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 17 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 200 species names for the genus Vanilla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	103	51.5%
◕	Synonym	75	37.5%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.5%
◕	Unassessed	21	10.5%

All names

The status of the 217 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Vanilla recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	103	47.5%
◕	Synonym	92	42.4%
◕	Unplaced	1	0.5%
◕	Unassessed	21	9.7%

Of these names,

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

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

The confidence with which the status of the 200 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Vanilla, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	100	69	0	0	169	84.5%
	Medium confidence	3	6	0	0	9	4.5%
	Low confidence	0	0	1	21	22	11.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Vanilla, are as follows: