Family Orchidaceae Scientific name Broughtonia Rank Genus | Higher classification Orchids | |
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Similar Orchids, Sophronitis, Brassavola, Schomburgkia, Cattleytonia | ||
Orchidweb broughtonia negrilensis
Broughtonia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) native to the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles. The genus is abbreviated Bro in trade journals.
Contents
Broughtonia garden plants
Species
As presently constituted (May 2014), Broughtonia consists of 6 accepted natural species plus one recognized nothospecies.
- Broughtonia cubensis (Lindl.) Cogn. in I.Urban - Cuba
- Broughtonia domingensis (Lindl.) Rolfe - Hispaniola, Mona Island
- Broughtonia × jamaicensis Sauleda & R.M.Adams - Jamaica (B. negrilensis × B. sanguinea)
- Broughtonia lindenii (Lindl.) Dressler - Cuba, Bahamas
- Broughtonia negrilensis Fowlie - Jamaica
- Broughtonia ortgiesiana (Rchb.f.) Dressler - Cuba
- Broughtonia sanguinea (Sw.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton - Jamaica
The haploid chromosome number of one species, B. sanguinea, has been determined as n = 20.
References
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