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 word "otatl," meaning "bamboo".
;Species
  1. Otatea acuminata 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