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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Agrostophyllum''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Glomerinae]]
| genus = '''''Agrostophyllum'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]], 1825
| type_species = ''Agrostophyllum javanicum''
| type_species_authority = [[Carl Ludwig Blume|Blume]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
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}}

'''''Agrostylum''''' is a [[genus]] with about ninety [[species]] from the orchid [[family (biology)|family]] ([[Orchidaceae]]). The genus name is derive form the Greek words ''agrostis'' ("grass") and ''phyllos'' ("leaf"), referring to the grass-like appearance of the leaves of some species.

These [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] orchids occur in [[Tropics|tropical]] lowland forests, growing on trunks or branches of tress. They are found from the [[Seychelles]], [[Madagascar]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Malaysia]], [[Indonesia]] to the [[Pacific Islands]]. The center of diversity is to be found in [[New Guinea]], with at least 45 species.

These orchids have elongate, frequently pendulous [[Plant stem|stems]] with dense [[Leaf|leaves]].that overlap at their base. They show  peculiar, ball-like [[inflorescence]]s of many bracts, bearing small flowers.