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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Acostaea''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Acostaea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter|Schltr.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = 
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}}

'''''Acostaea''''' is a [[genus]] of in the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]) comprised of four [[species]] native to [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], the most common of which is ''A. costaricensis''.  The species are all very small, with the lateral [[sepal]]s of the [[flower]] fused into a [[synsepal]].  The [[labellum|lip]] responds to touch by snapping upward against the [[column (botany)|column]], which serves to trap an [[insect]] temporarily and force it to [[pollination|pollinate]] the flower.  All species have two [[pollinium|pollinia]].