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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Broughtonia R.Br.

This genus name was first published in Hortus Kew. 5: 217 (1813)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000005501.

Literature

Hort. Kew., ed. 2 [W.T. Aiton] 5: 217. 1813

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Synonyms of Broughtonia

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Cattleyopsis	Lem.	Jard. Fleur. 4(Misc.): 59 (1854)		wfo-4000007037
Laeliopsis	Lindl.	Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 155 (1853)		wfo-4000020411

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Broughtonia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Broughtonia nitida	Herb. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 3. 641, nomen. 1839		wfo-0001223245
Broughtonia pilosa	Hook. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 230 (1840)		wfo-0000435096