Vanilla imperialis

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 imperialis

Name

Vanilla imperialis Kraenzl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 1: 155 (1896)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Vanilla lujae De Wild., Belgique Colon. 10: 28 (1904)
    • Vanilla imperialis var. congolensis De Wild., Rev. Hist. Nat. Appl. 2: 188 (1921)
    • Vanilla grandifolia var. lujae (De Wild.) Geerinck, Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 107: 58 (1974)

References

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa 
    • Regional: East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania, Uganda.
    • Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia.
    • Regional: South Tropical Africa
      • Angola.
    • Regional: West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
    • Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Zaire.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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