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Vanilla mexicana Mill. (Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.) Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Grenada, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, ], Greater Antilles [ Hispaniola (native)[], Puerto Rico (native)[], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. Croix, St. John, ) ], North America (native: FL), Mexico (native), Common Names: Lombricera (Puerto Rico), Vainilla (Cuba), Synonyms: Epidendrum vanilla L. (Sp. Pl. 952. 1753.), Vanilla anaromatica Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 638. 1864.), Vanilla aromatica Sw. (Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 6: 66. 1799.), Vanilla inodora sensu authors, non Schiede , Vanilla pleei Portères (Bull. Soc. Bot. France 98: 94. 1951.), Vanilla vanilla (L.) Huth (Helios 11: 136. 1893.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483. 2). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 3). Barker, H.D. and W.S. Dardeau. 1930. La Flore d'Haiti. Port-au-Prince. 456 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Flora of Trinidad and Tobago: This flora was published in many parts with many authors. There is no overall editor. R. O. Williams was author of the first treatment and of many others. 6). Fosberg, F.R. 1976. Revisions in the flora of St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands. Rhodora 78: 79-119. 7). Grisebach, A.H.R. 1859-1864. Flora of the British West Indian Islands. Lovell Reeve & Co., London. 789 pp. 8). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 9). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 10). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 11). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 12). Urban, I. 1898-1928. Symbolae Antillanae, Vol. 1-9. Berlin, Leipzig, Germany. 13). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do Last edited 26 May 10 |