| Journal: | Lankesteriana |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000456073 |
| ISSN: | 1409-3871 |
| Authors: | Karremans, Adam P1 Chinchilla, Isler F1 Rojas Alvarado, Gustavo1 Cedeño Fonseca, Marco1 Damián, Alexander2 Léotard, Guillaume3 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidad de Costa Rica, Jardín Botánico Lankester, Cartago. Costa Rica 2Universidad Científica del Sur, Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales, Lima. Perú 3Societe Botanique de Guyane, Matoury. Guyana Francesa |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Season: | Sep-Dic |
| Volumen: | 20 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 395-497 |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Taxonómico |
| English abstract | Despite the long-standing cultural importance and botanical interest in Vanilla, many taxa belonging to the genus remain poorly understood. Vanilla species generally have broad geographical and ecological distributions. Most species are found in multiple countries, while local endemics are rare. Many names proposed in the eighteen and nineteenth centuries remain cryptic and unused despite having priority over more recently proposed names. Relatively few Vanilla species have been well-documented, both locally and across their entire distribution range, while a significant portion of novelties have been proposed on the basis of very few specimens that are compared only with local floras. After careful inspection of the type materials, living plants, botanical illustrations, photographs and hundreds of additional herbarium specimens of Vanilla we tentatively recognize 62 species for the Neotropics. The taxonomy of Vanilla columbiana, V. hartii, V. inodora, V. karen-christianae, V. marowynensis, V. mexicana, V. odorata, V. phaeantha, V. planifolia, and V. pompona is revised. An updated typification, description, photographs, illustrations, list of studied specimens, distribution map, extent of occurrence and discussion is provided for each of the ten species. Taxonomic proposals include 28 new synonyms, 14 lectotypifications, and one neotypification. We stress on the importance of alpha-taxonomy for biological studies, emphasizing on the detrimental effects of taxonomic inflation and incorrect species determination on the inference of speciation rates, the understanding of biogeographical patterns, the correct estimation of ecological niches, seed dispersal studies, phylogenetic and genomic studies, and the assessments of conservation priorities, among others. Finally, the recently proposed genus Miguelia is placed under the synonymy of Vanilla |
| Disciplines: | Biología |
| Keyword: | Taxonomía y sistemática, Angiospermas, Revisión taxonómica, Taxonomía alfa, Distribución geográfica, Tipificación, Vanilla columbiana, Vanilla hartii, Vanilla inodora, Vanilla karen-christianae, Vanilla marowynensis, Vanilla mexicana, Vanilla odorata, Vanilla phaeantha, Vanilla planifolia, Vanilla pompona, Orchidaceae |
| Keyword: | Taxonomy and systematics, Angiosperms, Taxonomic review, Alpha taxonomy, Geographical distribution, Typification, Orchidaceae, Vanilla columbiana, Vanilla hartii, Vanilla inodora, Vanilla karen-christianae, Vanilla marowynensis, Vanilla mexicana, Vanilla odorata, Vanilla phaeantha, Vanilla planifolia, Vanilla pompona |
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