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Broughtonia (plant)

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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.

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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

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