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Orchidaceae
Vanilla

not marked as a favorite taxon *Vanilla planifolia G. Jackson. Common name: Vanilla, Commercial Vanilla. Phenology: Apr. Habitat: Tropical hardwood hammocks, cypress swamps. Distribution: Native of West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and South America. Possibly a pre-Columbian introduction.

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Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, S13, WH3, WI, Luer (1972); ? Vanilla vanilla (L.) H.Karst. — S, misapplied. Basionym: Vanilla planifolia Jacks. 1808

Links to other floras: = Vanilla planifolia - FNA26

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