Vanilla pompona

Vanilla pompona

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Vanilloideae
Tribus: Vanilleae
Genus: Vanilla
Species: Vanilla pompona
Subspecies: (3)
V. p. subsp. grandiflora – V. p. subsp. pittieri – V. p. subsp. pompona

Name

Vanilla pompona Schiede, Linnaea 4: 573 (1829).

Synonymy

• Homotypic
  • Notylia pompona (Schiede) Conz., Fl. Taxon. Mex. 3: 151 (1947).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Southern America Central America Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil West-Central, Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Schiede, C.J.W. 1829. Linnaea 4: 573–574.

Additional references

• 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.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2022. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Vanilla pompona. Accessed: 2022 Nov 15.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Vanilla pompona in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 15. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Vanilla pompona. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Vanilla pompona. Published online. Accessed: 15 Nov 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Vanilla pompona. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Nov 2022.

Vernacular names

English: West Indian vanilla

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