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'''''Broughtonia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] [[Orchidaceae]]) of the [[Greater Antilles]]. The genus is abbreviated '''Bro''' in trade journals.
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With the inclusion of the genera '''''Cattleyopsis''''' <small>[[Lem.]]</small> and '''''Laeliopsis''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]] & [[Paxton]]</small> it consists of 6 species.
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Broughtonia (named in honor of an English botanist, Arthur Broughton). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic orchids, requiring stove conditions.
 
Broughtonia (named in honor of an English botanist, Arthur Broughton). Orchidaceae. Epiphytic orchids, requiring stove conditions.
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==Cultivation==
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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Broughtonia''
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| image = Broughtonia sanguinea (1836).jpg
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===Propagation===
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| image_caption = ''[[Broughtonia sanguinea]]''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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===Pests and diseases===
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
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==Species==
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*''[[Broughtonia cubensis]]''
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| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
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*''[[Broughtonia domingensis]]''
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| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
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*''[[Broughtonia lindenii]]''
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| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
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| alliance = Cattleya
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| genus = '''''Broughtonia'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
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*''[[Broughtonia negrilensis]]''
 
*''[[Broughtonia negrilensis]]''
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*''[[Broughtonia ortgiesiana]]''
 
*''[[Broughtonia sanguinea]]''
 
*''[[Broughtonia sanguinea]]''
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'''''Broughtonia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) comprising only 2 [[species]]. They are both [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Jamaica]].
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==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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The genera '''''Cattleyopsis''''' <small>[[Lem.]]</small> and '''''Laeliopsis''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]] & [[Paxton]]</small> are included into ''Broughtonia''.
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==External links==
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[[Category:Orchid genera]]
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[[Category:Flora of Jamaica]]
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