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Home > Orchids of Kerala > Vanilla VanillaVanilla Plumier ex Miller A tropical genus of about 65 species , Vanilla is represented in India by five species . Two species are found in Kerala . 1. Vanilla walkeriae Wight , Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 3(2) ; 12 .t. 932 . 1844-45 ; J.D. Hook. 1890:90; Rolfe 1896 : 474; Fischer in Gamble 1928: 1451; Joseph 1982: 15 ; Jayaweera in Dassanayake & Fosberg 1981 : 331 .; Seidenfaden in Matthew 1983 : 1570; Joseph 1987 : 16; Vajravelu & Chandrasekaran 1984(1986 ) : 212. Vanilla wightiana auct. non Lindl . ex . J.D. Hook : Rao & Sudhakar 1984 (1986) : 197. This was described by Wight based on a drawing by Mrs . Walker from Ceylon . Rao & Sudhakar's (1986) record of Vanilla wightiana from Eastern Ghats is erronous . Their plant belongs here. Occurrence : Quilon and kannur Districts. Districts : Southern India (Kerala , Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh) and Sri Lanka (type). Vanilla aphylla auct. non. Bl. , nec. Rchb.g. : Lindley 1840 : 436 , in part ; Wight 1844- 45 t. 931 .: Sathish Kumar & Manilal 1993 : 394. Vanilla wightiana Lindl. ex J.D.Hook. a. habit, b. dorsal sepal, c. lateral sepal, d. petal, e. lip, f. scale in lip, g. column front view, h. operculum, i. pollinia Wight who first collected this species mistook it for Vanilla aphylla Bl. Lindley noted the novelty of Wight's specimen but was actually published by Hooker . Occurrence : Trivandrum , Pathanamthitta and Thrissur Districts. Distribution : Regional Endemic (Kerala , Tamil Nadu). |
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