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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Vanilloideae
| image = Vanilla fragrans 2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Vanilla fragrans''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = '''Vanilloideae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Tribes
| subdivision = 
*[[Poginiinae]]
*[[Vanillinae]]
}}

'''Vanilloideae''' (Lindley) Szlachetko, is one of the subfamilies of orchids belonging to the large family [[Orchidaceae]]. Lindley used to treat it as a separate family Vanillaceae, but it is now recognized as a distinct subfamily. But, from a molecular point of view, it is rather a sister to subfamily [[Epidendroideae]] + subfamily [[Orchidoideae]].

The subfamily Vanilloideae consists of 15 genera and about 180 species, belonging to the tribes Pogoniinae and Vanillinae, 

Their appearance is pantropical, esp. Asia; Australia, some North America.

The species in the tribe Pogoniinae have a characteristic laciniate lip margin. The color of their [[petal]]s and [[sepal]]s is pink or rarely white or bluish. Their sepals have an oblong, elliptic, or narrowly lanceolate form.

The species in the tribe Vanilleae are long plants characterized by long, thick, succulent [[vine]]s and a lip without spur.

==Classification==

Tribe Pogoniinae
* Genera : [[Cleistes]], [[Duckeella]], [[Isotria]], [[Pogonia]] and [[Pogoniopsis]]

Tribe Vanilleae
* Genera : [[Clematepistephium]], [[Cyrtosia]], [[Dictyophyllaria]], [[Epistephium]], [[Eriaxis]], [[Erythrorchis]], [[Galeola]], [[Lecanorchis]], [[Pseudovanilla]] and [[Vanilla (orchid)|Vanilla]].

==References==
*Pridgeon, Alec M.; Cribb, Phillip J.; Chase, Mark.W; Rasmussen, Finn.N - ''Genera Orchidacearum: Orchidoideae Vanilloideae'' - Oxford University Press 2003 - ISBN 0-19-850711-9

[[Category:Orchids]]