6. Vanilla bradei Schltr. ex Mansf. (Mansfeld 1928: 243)

Fig. 1 E

Type.

BRAZIL – São Paulo • Guapira, Wald, epiphytisch; 27 Apr. 1913; A. C. Brade 7573; holotype: B †; lectotype (designated here): HB! [HB 8087] .

Notes.

The species was originally determined as a novelty by Rudolf Schlechter. It was formally described after Schlechter’s death by R. Mansfeld (1928), upon Brade’s request. Schlechter’s herbarium, including the type of V. bradei, was destroyed during the bombing of the Berlin Herbarium (Butzin 1978, 1980, 1981). Our revision revealed a well-conserved yet sterile isotype at HB, which we hereby select as lectotype.