Otatea
Genus of grasses
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Otatea, called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.[2][3][4]
| Weeping bamboo | |
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| Mexican weeping bamboo (Otatea aztecorum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bambusoideae |
| Tribe: | Bambuseae |
| Subtribe: | Guaduinae |
| Genus: | Otatea (McClure & E.W.Sm.) C.E.Calderón & Soderstr. |
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The name derives from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "otatl", meaning "bamboo".
Species
13 species are accepted.[5][4][6][7]
- Otatea acuminata (Munro) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr. – widespread from Chihuahua to Oaxaca
- Otatea carrilloi Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés – Chiapas
- Otatea colombiana Ruiz-Sanchez & Londoño – Colombia
- Otatea fimbriata Soderstr. – widespread from Norte de Santander to Chiapas
- Otatea glauca L.G.Clark & G.Cortés – Chiapas
- Otatea nayeeri Ruiz-Sanchez – western Mexico (Durango and Nayarit)
- Otatea odam Ruiz-Sanchez & Art.Castro – Mexico (Durango and Zacatecas)
- Otatea ramirezii Ruiz-Sanchez – Querétaro[8]
- Otatea reynosoana Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark – Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit
- Otatea rzedowskiorum Ruiz-Sanchez – Chiapas
- Otatea transvolcanica Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark – México State, Jalisco, Colima
- Otatea victoriae Ruiz-Sanchez – Hidalgo
- Otatea ximenae Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark – Oaxaca, Michoacán