* ''Vanilla abundiflora'' (Borneo)
* ''Vanilla acuminata'' (Gabon)
* ''Vanilla acuta'' (N South America)
* ''Vanilla africana'' (W & WC Tropical Africa)
* ''Vanilla albida'' (Taiwan, Indo-China to Malesia)
* ''Vanilla andamanica'' (Andaman Islands)
* ''Vanilla angustipetala'' (Brazil: São Paulo)
* ''Vanilla annamica'' (SC. China to Vietnam)
* ''Vanilla aphylla'' – Leafless Vanilla (Assam to Java)
* ''Vanilla appendiculata'' (Guyana)
* ''Vanilla bahiana'' (Brazil: Bahia)
* ''Vanilla bakeri'' (Cuba)
* ''Vanilla bampsiana'' (C Zaire)
* ''Vanilla barbellata'' – Small Bearded Vanilla, Wormvine Orchid, "snake orchid", "leafless vanilla" (S Florida to Caribbean)
* ''Vanilla barrereana'' (French Guiana)
* ''Vanilla bertoniensis'' (Paraguay.
* ''Vanilla bicolor'' (Caribbean to N & W South America)
* ''Vanilla borneensis'' (Borneo)
* ''Vanilla bradei'' (Brazil: São Paulo)
* ''Vanilla calopogon'' (Philippines: Luzon)
* ''Vanilla calyculata'' (Colombia)
* ''Vanilla carinata'' (Brazil)
* ''Vanilla chalottii'' (Gabon)
* ''Vanilla chamissonis'' – Chamisso's Vanilla (French Guiana to NE Argentina)
* ''Vanilla claviculata'' – Green Withe (Caribbean)
* ''Vanilla columbiana'' (Colombia)
* ''Vanilla correllii'' (Bahamas)
* ''Vanilla coursii'' (Madagascar)
* ''Vanilla cristagalli'' (N Brazil)
* ''Vanilla cristatocallosa'' (Guyana to N Brazil)
* ''Vanilla cucullata'' (Cameroon)
* ''Vanilla decaryana'' (SW Madagascar)
* ''Vanilla denticulata'' (Brazil)
* ''Vanilla diabolica'' (Indonesia: Sulawesi)
* ''Vanilla dilloniana'' – Dillon's Vanilla, "leafless vanilla" (S Florida to Caribbean)
* ''Vanilla dubia'' (Brazil: Minas Gerais)
* ''Vanilla duckei'' (Brazil)
* ''Vanilla dungsii'' (Brazil)
* ''Vanilla edwallii'' – Edwall's Vanilla (Brazil to Argentina)
* ''Vanilla fimbriata'' (Guyana)
* ''Vanilla francoisii'' (NE Madagascar)
* ''Vanilla gardneri'' (Brazil)
* ''Vanilla giulianettii'' (New Guinea)
* ''Vanilla grandiflora'' (S tropical Americas)
* ''Vanilla grandifolia'' (Príncipe to Zaire)
* ''Vanilla griffithii'' (W Malaysia)
* ''Vanilla hallei'' (Gabon)
* ''Vanilla hamata'' (Peru)
* ''Vanilla hartii'' (Central America)
* ''Vanilla havilandii'' (Borneo)
* ''Vanilla helleri'' (Central America)
* ''Vanilla heterolopha'' (Gabon)
* ''Vanilla hostmannii'' (Suriname)
* ''Vanilla humblotii'' (Comoros)
* ''Vanilla imperialis'' (W Tropical Africa to Tanzania and Angola)
* ''Vanilla inodora'' (Mexico and Central America)
* ''Vanilla insignis'' (Honduras)
* ''Vanilla kaniensis'' (New Guinea)
* ''Vanilla kempteriana'' (New Guinea)
* ''Vanilla kinabaluensis'' (Peninsular Malaysia to Borneo)
* ''Vanilla latisegmenta'' (Guyana)
* ''Vanilla leprieurii'' (French Guiana)
* ''Vanilla lindmaniana'' (Brazil: Mato Grosso).
* ''Vanilla madagascariensis'' (N & NW Madagascar)
* ''Vanilla marowynensis'' (Suriname)
* ''Vanilla methonica'' (Colombia)
* ''Vanilla mexicana'' – Mexican Vanilla (S Florida, Mexico to tropical South America)
* ''Vanilla moonii'' (Sri Lanka)
* ''Vanilla nigerica'' (S Nigeria to Cameroon)
* ''Vanilla ochyrae'' (Cameroon)
* ''Vanilla odorata'' – Inflated Vanilla (S Mexico to tropical South America)
* ''Vanilla organensis'' (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
* ''Vanilla ovalis'' (Philippines)
* ''Vanilla ovata'' (French Guiana)
* ''Vanilla palembanica'' (Sumatra)
* ''Vanilla palmarum'' (Cuba, S tropical Americas)
* ''Vanilla parvifolia'' (S Brazil to Paraguay)
* ''Vanilla penicillata'' (Venezuela)
* ''Vanilla perexilis'' (Paraguay)
* ''Vanilla perrieri'' (NW Madagascar)
* ''Vanilla phaeantha'' – Leafy Vanilla (S Florida to Caribbean, Central America)
* ''Vanilla phalaenopsis'' (Seychelles)
* ''Vanilla pierrei'' (Indochina)
* ''Vanilla pilifera'' (Assam to Borneo)
* ''Vanilla planifolia'' – Flat-leaved Vanilla, Tahitian Vanilla, "West Indian vanilla" (S Florida to Caribbean, Mexico to Paraguay, widely cultivated)
* ''Vanilla platyphylla'' (Indonesia: Sulawesi)
* ''Vanilla poitaei'' – Poiteau's Vanilla (Caribbean)
* ''Vanilla pompona'' Schiede – Pompona Vanilla, Guadeloupe Vanilla, "West Indian vanilla" (Caribbean)
* ''Vanilla polylepis'' Summerh. (Kenya to S tropical Africa)
* ''Vanilla porteresiana'' (French Guiana)
* ''Vanilla purusara'' (Brazil)
* ''Vanilla ramosa'' (Ghana to Tanzania)
* ''Vanilla ribeiroi'' (Brazil: Mato Grosso)
* ''Vanilla rojasiana'' (Paraguay to NE Argentina)
* ''Vanilla roscheri'' (Ethiopia to NE KwaZulu-Natal)
* ''Vanilla ruiziana'' (Peru)
* ''Vanilla schwackeana'' (Brazil: Minas Gerais)
* ''Vanilla seranica'' (Indonesia: Seram)
* ''Vanilla seretii'' (WC tropical Africa)
* ''Vanilla siamensis'' – Thai Vanilla (S Yunnan to Thailand)
* ''Vanilla somai'' (China to Taiwan)
* ''Vanilla sprucei'' (Colombia)
* ''Vanilla sumatrana'' (Sumatra)
* ''Vanilla surinamensis'' (Suriname)
* ''Vanilla trigonocarpa'' (Costa Rica to N Brazil)
* ''Vanilla uncinata'' (N Brazil)
* ''Vanilla utteridgei'' (W New Guinea)
* ''Vanilla vellozii'' (Brazil)
* ''Vanilla walkeriae'' (S India, Sri Lanka)
* ''Vanilla wariensis'' (New Guinea)
* ''Vanilla weberbaueriana'' (Peru)
* ''Vanilla wightii'' (SW India)