Vanilla preussii Kraenzl.

24.Vanilla preussiiKraenzl. (Kraenzlin 1919: 320) Type. GUATEMALA • Bei der Planzung El Baúl im Buschwald; Heisst bei den Eingeborenen “Vainilla silvestre”; Preuss 1445; holotype: B †. Notes. It is believed that part of Kraenzlin’s herbarium was destroyed during the bombing of the Berlin Herbarium (Butzin 1978, 1980, 1981), and no original material of Kraenzlin’s Vanilla preussii has been located in his private orchid collection at HBG (Christenson 1994; Schultz 2013, 2015). Since no original material is available for lectotypification, designating a neotype could be a suitable decision. However, no flowering material from Guatemala that matches the protologue of Vanilla preussii has been located.