# Acostia

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***Acostia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [South American](/source/South_America) plants in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae).[1][2][3][4]

The only known species is ***Acostia gracilis***, found only in [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador).[5][6] It is listed as an endangered species.[7]

The genus name of *Acostia* is in honour of [Misael Acosta Solís](/source/Misael_Acosta_Sol%C3%ADs) (1910–1994), an Ecuadorian naturalist.[8] The Latin [specific epithet](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) of *gracilis* means "slender".[9] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. Vol.12 on page 109 in 1968.[6]

## See also

- [List of Poaceae genera](/source/List_of_Poaceae_genera)

## References

1. Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). ["The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080724222734/http://www.delta-intkey.com/grass/www/acostia.htm). *The Grass Genera of the World*. Archived from [the original](https://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/acostia.htm) on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2009-08-19.

1. [Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora](https://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00002.htm)

1. Swallen, Jason Richard 1968. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 12: 109

1. [Webster, R. D., J. H. Kirkbride & J. V. Reyna. 1989. New World genera of the Paniceae (Poaceae: Panicoideae). Sida 13(4): 393–417](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9300725#page/407/mode/1up)

1. [Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](https://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=387362)

1. ["*Acostia* Swallen | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:295725-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

1. Laegaard, S. & Pitman, N. 2004. [Panicum acostia](https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/45965/all). [2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.](http://www.iucnredlist.org) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org/) 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 20 July 2007.

1. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). [*Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition*](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018) [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. [doi:10.3372/epolist2018](https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018). ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220402092635/https://www.bgbm.org/de/node/3642) 2 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

1. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). *RHS Latin for Gardeners*. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.

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