Vanilla shenzhenica[1] is a species of Vanilla native to Guangdong (Shenzhen and Huizhou) and Hong Kong in China.[2]

Vanilla shenzhenica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Vanilloideae
Genus: Vanilla
Species:
V. shenzhenica
Binomial name
Vanilla shenzhenica
Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen

It used to be treated as a synonym of Vanilla somae,[3] but it differs from the latter by having the flower not fully opening, with sepals/petals wider than 1.6 cm (up to 1 cm in V. somae) and a distinctly undulate purple-red lip (more or less flat-margined and pinkish yellow-green in V. somae) whose apical appendages are conical (clavate in V. somae).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Vanilla shenzhenica Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  2. ^ a b Gale, Stephan W.; Yeung, Wing Kai; Ho, Nick; Chan, Chun Sang; Kumar, Pankaj (2020-12-01). "Four new additions and a taxonomic amendment to the orchid flora of Hong Kong". Taiwania. 65 (4): 575‒587. doi:10.6165/tai.2020.65.575.
  3. ^ "Vanilla shenzhenica Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen". The Plant List. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2021-03-12.