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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Octomeria''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Octomeria'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Octomeria brevifolia]]''
*''[[Octomeria gracilis]]''
*''[[Octomeria grandiflora]]''
*''[[Octomeria juncifolia]]''
*''[[Octomeria surinamensis]]''
*etc.
}}
'''''Octomeria''''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "eight part", referring to its 8 [[pollinia]]) is a plant [[genus]] belonging to the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Orchidaceae]]. The genus is comprised of about 200 [[species]] native to the [[Neotropics]], mostly in [[Brazil]].
The following genera have been brought into [[synonymy]] with ''Octomeria'': '''''Aspegrenia''''' <small>[[Poepp.]] & [[Endl.]]</small>, '''''Enothrea''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz|Raf.]]</small>, '''''Gigliolia''''' <small>[[Barb.Rodr.]]</small>, '''''Octandrorchis''''' <small>[[Brieger]]</small> (nom. inval.) and '''''Pleurothallopsis''''' <small>[[Paulo Campos Porto|Porto]] & [[Alexander Curt Brade|Brade]]</small>.
[[Category:Orchid genera]]