PLANTS Profile for Vanilla mexicana (Mexican vanilla)

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PLANTS Profile

Vanilla mexicana Mill.
Mexican vanilla

Symbol:

VAME2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Orchidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I
VI		I

More Information:

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Vanilla mexicana Mill.

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Synonyms:
Vanilla mexicana Mill.

VAVA3

Vanilla vanilla (L.) Britton

Distribution:
Vanilla mexicana Mill.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Vanilla mexicana Mill.

View 125 genera in Orchidaceae, 9 species in Vanilla

Classification:
Vanilla mexicana Mill.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Orchidales
Family	Orchidaceae – Orchid family
Genus	Vanilla Mill. – vanilla
Species	Vanilla mexicana Mill. – Mexican vanilla

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vanilla mexicana Mill.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
unscented vanilla		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Vanilla mexicana Mill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Vanilla mexicana Mill.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505644.

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 02:28 AM MDT