3. Vanilla angustipetala Schltr. (Schlechter 1922: 19)

Fig. 1 C

Type.

BRAZIL – São Paulo • Near Morro das Pedras, Iguapé; Dec. 1916; A. C. Brade 7775; holotype: B †; lectotype (designated here): R! [R 00024938]; isolectotypes: AMES! [AMES 114509], HB! [HB 8086], K! [K 000463749], M! [M 0226098] .

Notes.

Schlechter (1922) described Vanilla angustipetala based on material sent by Alexandre Brade from São Paulo. Most of Schlechter’s material, including the holotype of Vanilla angustipetala, was tragically destroyed during the bombing of the Berlin Herbarium in World War II (Butzin 1978, 1980, 1981). Fortunately, several isotypes of this taxon are conserved in various herbaria. An isotype at R is hereby selected as lectotype given its good condition and clear floral dissection. Previously unknown isotypes are listed here and designated as isolectotypes.