''Vanilla somae'' is a species of ''

Vanilla Vanilla is a spice derived from orchids of the genus ''Vanilla (genus), Vanilla'', primarily obtained from pods of the Mexican species, flat-leaved vanilla (''Vanilla planifolia, V. planifolia''). Pollination is required to make the p ...

'' native to the forests of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, northern

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and Laos. The scientific names '' Vanilla albida'' and '' Vanilla griffithii'' are sometimes misapplied to this species, but they are actually three different species.

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somai Orchids of China Orchids of Taiwan Flora of Southeast China Endangered flora of Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Vanilloideae-stub