The genus was first formally described in 1986 by Leslie Andrew Garay in Botanical Museum Leaflets, the name Pseudovanilla meaning "false vanilla", a "reference to the casual similarity of the plants to both genera". Garay nominated Ledgeria foliata (now Pseudovanilla foliata as the type species.[3]
List of species
The following is a list of species of Pseudovanilla recognised by the Plants of the World Online as at April 2024:[4]