18. Vanilla oroana Dodson (Dodson 2003: 210)

Fig. 2 H

Type.

ECUADOR – El Oro • 3.7 km N of junction of old and new roads from Piñas to Santa Rosa, 12 km west of Piñas; 1400 m; 19 Apr. 1989; Dodson, Williams, Dressler, Whitten & Embree 17951; holotype: MO! (ex RPSC) [MO 6777486]; isotypes: AMES! [AMES 00287585], K! [K 001551030], SEL! [SEL 003524], QCNE! [QCNE 10821] .

Notes.

Soto-Arenas’s notes at AMO suggest that he was in the process of describing this species, maintaining the same epithet as “ Dodson ex Soto-Arenas, ” but for an unknown reason, did not effectively publish his manuscript. It appears that he intended to publish the name alongside with Vanilla espondae Soto-Arenas, including an extensive description and illustration.