Vanilla subgenus Vanilla

Vanilla subsect. Membranaceae Portères (1951: 291); nom. inval. (Turland et al. 2018: art. 39.1)

Vanilla subsect. Membranaceae Portères (1954: 159); nom. inval. (Turland et al. 2018: art. 39.1)

Lectotype.

Vanilla mexicana Mill., Gardeners Dictionary (ed. 8) Vanilla no. 1. 1768 (designated by Mansfeld 1959: 587; see Karremans and Pupulin 2023).