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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Zygostates''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Maxillarieae]]
| subtribus = '''Ornithocephalinae'''
| genus = '''''Zygostates'''''
}}
'''Zygostates''' is a genus found in central to southern [[Brazil]]. It is a member of the Tribe Maxillarieae, Subtribe Ornithocephalinae<ref>http://www.orchidsonline.com.au/interactive/node/2435</ref>. The word is from the Greek zygostates (weigher, balance) and refers to the projections from the base of the column which resemble a balance<ref>http://davesgarden.com/botanary/go/7925/</ref>
==Notes==
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[[Category:Orchid genera]]
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