Mexican Vanilla (Vanilla mexicana)
Description
Mexican vanilla is a species of orchid of scandent habit and reptile growth that exists in Florida , throughout Central America , the Caribbean and the Amazon coming to southeastern Brazil , mainly along the coast. They are chlorophyll plantsofaerial roots ; Crusty seeds without wings; And inflorescences of flowers of pale colors that are born in succession , oflateral racemoses . It is a species, because of its dispersion, quite variable and with many synonyms, which can generally be recognized among the Vanilla because it has a clearly trilobed lip ; Large fleshy leaves with a nail-shaped end, and sepals up to 25 centimeters in length by up to 8 centimeters in width; flower sepals measuring up to 8 cm long.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Vanilla
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