Otatea

Otatea, called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.

The name derives from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "otatl", meaning "bamboo".


 * Species
 * 1) Otatea acuminata (Munro) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr. – widespread from Chihuahua to Oaxaca
 * 2) Otatea carrilloi Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés – Chiapas
 * 3) Otatea fimbriata Soderstr. – widespread from Norte de Santander to Chiapas
 * 4) Otatea glauca L.G.Clark & G.Cortés – Chiapas
 * 5) Otatea ramirezii Ruiz-Sanchez – Querétaro
 * 6) Otatea reynosoana Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark – Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit
 * 7) Otatea rzedowskiorum Ruiz-Sanchez – Chiapas
 * 8) Otatea transvolcanica Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark – México State, Jalisco, Colima
 * 9) Otatea victoriae Ruiz-Sanchez – Hidalgo
 * 10) Otatea ximenae Ruiz-Sanchez & L.G.Clark – Oaxaca, Michoacán