Broughtonia_(plant)

<i>Broughtonia</i> (plant)

Broughtonia (plant)

Genus of orchids

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.

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Species

As presently constituted (February 2024), Broughtonia consists of 6 accepted natural species plus one recognized nothospecies.[1]

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Natural Hybrids

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

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    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. 15 (3). Universidad de Costa Rica. doi:10.15517/lank.v15i3.21432. ISSN 2215-2067.
  3. [3]
    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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