Broughtonia
| Broughtonia | |
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| Broughtonia sanguinea 1836 illustration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Tribe: | Epidendreae |
| Subtribe: | Laeliinae |
| Alliance: | Cattleya |
| Genus: | Broughtonia R.Br. |
| Type species | |
| Broughtonia sanguinea (Sw.) R.Br. in W.T.Aiton | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
- 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.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ 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.
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