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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 = See text. }} '''''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]]. ==Species== * ''Acostaea campylotyle'' * ''Acostaea costaricensis'' Schltr. ([[Costa Rica]] to [[Ecuador]]) ** ''Acostaea costaricensis'' subsp. ''bicornis'' ** ''Acostaea costaricensis'' subsp. ''unicornis'' ** ''Acostaea costaricensis'' subsp. ''colombiana'' * ''Ascostaea tenax'' * ''Acostaea trilobata'' ==References== Pridgeon, Alec, ed. ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids''. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1999 [[Category:Orchid genera]]

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