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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Abdominea
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = Vandeae
| subtribus = Sarcanthinae
| alliance = Trichoglottis
| genus = '''''Abdominea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Johannes Jacobus Smith|J.J.Sm.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
'''''Abdominea minimiflora'''''
}}
There is only one very rare [[monopodial ]] [[epiphyte|epiphytic]] [[species]], ''Abdominea minimiflora'', or the '''Tiny-flowered Abdominea''', in this [[genus]].
It is distributed from [[Thailand]] to the [[Malay peninsula]], [[Java (island)|Java]], and the [[Philippines]].
The name is derived from the Latin ''abdomen'', meaning belly. It refers to the similarity between the shape of the [[labellum]] (lip) and the shape of the abdomen of an insect.
The species produces very small flowers, about 0.45 cm wide, on a racemose, many-flowered inflorescence.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Orchid species]]
[[Category:Flora of Malesian Region]]
==References==
http://www.orchidspecies.com/orphotdir/abdomminimiflora.jpg