Neotropical roots of a Polynesian spice: The hybrid origin of Tahitian vanilla, vanilla tahitensis (Orchidaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1040-1047

  Lubinsky, Pesach ^a   Cameron, Kenneth M ^b   Molina, María Carmen ^c   Wong, Maurice ^d   Lepers Andrzejewski, Sandra ^d   Gómez Pompa, Arturo ^e   Kim, Seung Chul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ESCET   (Spain)

^d Etablissement Vanille de Tahiti   (French Polynesia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crop origins; French polynesia; Hybridization; Mesoamerica; Orchidaceae; Tahitian vanilla; Vanilla

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION; FERAL ORGANISM; HYBRIDIZATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; RELATEDNESS; ROOT;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYNESIA;

ORCHIDACEAE; VANILLA MEXICANA; VANILLA PLANIFOLIA; VANILLA TAHITENSIS;

EID: 48249153913     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800067     Document Type: Article

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