Native records: 4 botanical areas
Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, 1 more areas
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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A climber of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Brazil, Bolivia, French Guiana.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- BoliviaNative
Brazil
- Brazil NortheastNative
- Brazil SoutheastNative
French Guiana
- French GuianaNative
Climate of the native range
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Af Tropical, rainforest
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 142 areas worldwide, 138 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Vanilla
Other species in Vanilla
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Bolivia, Plurinational State of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Brazil · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
French Guiana · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source
Image information
Photograph of Vanilla chamissonis
Dalton Holland Baptista · CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page