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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]]
| 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]]
