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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Broughtonia''
| image = Broughtonia sanguinea (1836).jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Broughtonia sanguinea]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| alliance = Cattleya
| genus = '''''Broughtonia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Broughtonia negrilensis]]''
*''[[Broughtonia sanguinea]]''
}}

'''''Broughtonia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae) comprising only 2 [[species]]. They are both [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[Jamaica]].

The genera '''''Cattleyopsis''''' <small>[[Lem.]]</small> and '''''Laeliopsis''''' <small>[[John Lindley|Lindl.]] & [[Paxton]]</small> are included into ''Broughtonia''.

[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Flora of Jamaica]]
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