Epidendrum vanilla Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 952. 1753.

"Habitat in America australi." RCN: 6877.

Lectotype (Cribb in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 48: 47. 1999): [icon] " Volubilis siliquosa Mexicana plantagini folio " in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2, App.: 7, t. 7. 1747.

Current name: Vanilla mexicana Mill. ( Orchidaceae).