Acostaea

Taxobox
name = "Acostaea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Epidendroideae
tribus = Epidendreae
subtribus = Pleurothallidinae
genus = "Acostaea"
genus_authority = Schltr.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Acostaea" is a genus of in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) comprised of four species native to Central and South America, the most common of which is "A. costaricensis". The species are all very small, with the lateral sepals of the flower fused into a synsepal. The lip responds to touch by snapping upward against the column, which serves to trap an insect temporarily and force it to pollinate the flower. All species have two pollinia.

pecies

* "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