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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Barbosella''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Barbosella'''''
| genus_authority = [[Rudolf Schlechter|Schltr.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Barbosella australis]]''
*''[[Barbosella cogniauxiana]]''
*''[[Barbosella cucullata]]''
*''[[Barbosella dolichorhiza]]''
*''[[Barbosella dusenii]]''
*''[[Barbosella hirtzii]]''
*''[[Barbosella prorepens]]''
*''[[Barbosella trilobata]]''
*etc.
}}
'''''Barbosella''''' is a [[genus]] of mostly creeping [[orchid]]s. The genus has about 20 [[species]], widespread from [[Central America]] to [[Brazil]]. Named after [[J. Barbosa Rodriguez]], an investigator of Brazilian orchids, they have single flowers with a unique lip base that works like a ball and socket.
==Taxonomy==
''[[Barbosella miersii]]'' is thought to differ from the other species of ''Barbosella'' in terms of it's lip. The monotypic genus ''[[Barbrodria]]'' was created to accommodate this species.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]