Vanilla wrightii Rchb.f.

  • Authority

    Schweinfurth, Charles. 1967. Orchidaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 69-214.

  • Family

    Orchidaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Vanilla wrightii Rchb.f.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - BRITISH GUIANA. Kaieteur Plateau, occasional, leaves fleshy, sepals and petals fawn-colored, lip white with involute margins, fruit green, May 3, 1944, B. Maguire & D. B. Fanshawe 23176. SURINAM. Tafelberg: Savanna II, frequent, "scandent vine on shrubs and savanna and low bush," fruit green, August 9, 1944, B. Maguire 24258. The West Indies (CUBA, type) and TRINIDAD.

  • Distribution

    BRITISH GUIANA. Kaieteur Plateau, occasional, leaves fleshy, sepals and petals fawn-colored, lip white with involute margins, fruit green, May 3, 1944, B. Maguire & D. B. Fanshawe 23176. SURINAM. Tafelberg: Savanna II, frequent, "scandent vine on shrubs and savanna and low bush," fruit green, August 9, 1944, B. Maguire 24258. The West Indies (CUBA, type) and TRINIDAD.

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