Broughtonia is a genus of orchids (family Orchidaceae) native to the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families The genus is abbreviated Bro in trade journals.
Species As presently constituted (February 2024), Broughtonia consists of 6 accepted natural species plus one recognized nothospecies. 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 Broughtonia negrilensis Fowlie Jamaica 89 meters 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 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.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
References
Nir, M. Orchidaceae Antillanae, 49–52, 2000.