Broughtonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Orchidaceae
Subfamilia: Epidendroideae
Tribus: Epidendreae
Subtribus: Laeliinae
Genus: Broughtonia
Overview of species (6)

B. cubensis – B. domingensis – B. lindenii – B. negrilensis – B. ortgiesiana – B. sanguinea
Nothospecies: (2)

B. × guanahacabibensis – B. × jamaicensis
Name

Broughtonia R.Br., in W.T.Aiton, Hortus Kew. 5: 217 (1813)

Type species: Broughtonia sanguinea (Sw.) R.Br. (1813)

Synonymy

Heterotypic
Cattleyopsis Lem., Jard. Fleur. 4(Misc.): 59 (1854)
Laeliopsis Lindl., Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 155 )1853)

Homonym

Broughtonia Wall. ex Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 35 (1830), nom. illeg. vide: Otochilus Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 35 (1830)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Southern America
Caribbean
Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Brown, R. 1813. Hortus Kewensis (W.T.Aiton) 5: 217.
Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) 2006. Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 210 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850712-7. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2021. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Broughtonia (Orchidaceae). Accessed: 2021 Mar 24.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Broughtonia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Broughtonia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 24. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Broughtonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Broughtonia. Published online. Accessed: 24 Mar 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Broughtonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 24.

Vernacular names

перем коми: Бругтония
коми: Бругтония
lietuvių: Vėpsutė
олык марий: Бругтоний
кырык мары: Бругтони
удмурт: Бругтония

Broughtonia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) native to the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.[1] The genus is abbreviated Bro in trade journals.
Species

As presently constituted (May 2014), Broughtonia consists of 6 accepted natural species plus one recognized nothospecies.[1]

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Broughtonia cubensis (Lindl.) Cogn. in I.Urban	Cuba
	Broughtonia domingensis (Lindl.) Rolfe	Hispaniola, Mona Island	0 - 200 meters
	Broughtonia lindenii (Lindl.) Dressler	Cuba, Bahamas	0 - 200 meters
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	Broughtonia ortgiesiana (Rchb.f.) Dressler	Cuba
	Broughtonia sanguinea (Sw.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton	Jamaica	0 - 800 meters

Natural Hybrids

Image	Name	Parentage	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	Broughtonia × guanahacabibensis Múj.Benítez, E.González & J.M.Díaz	(B. cubensis × B. ortgiesiana)	Cuba[2]
	Broughtonia × jamaicensis Sauleda & R.M.Adams	(B. negrilensis × B. sanguinea)	Jamaica

The haploid chromosome number of one species, B. sanguinea, has been determined as n = 20.[3]
References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Mújica, Ernesto; González, Elaine; Bocourt, José L.; SantaCruz, Esther L.; Díaz, J. M. (2015-10-08). "A new natural hybrid of Broughtonia (Orchidaceae) from Cuba". Lankesteriana. Universidad de Costa Rica. 15 (3). doi:10.15517/lank.v15i3.21432. ISSN 2215-2067.

page 250. Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278, The Linnean Society of London

Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 49–52, 2000.