Otatea, called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.Calderón, Cléofe E. & Soderstrom, Thomas Robert. 1980. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 44: 21Tropicos, Otatea (McClure & E.W. Sm.) C.E. Calderón & Soderstr.Ruiz-Sanchez, E., V. Sosa, M. T. Mejía-Saules, X. Londoño & L. G. Clark. 2011. A taxonomic revision of Otatea (Poaceae, Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) including four new species. Systematic Botany 36(2): 314–336.
The name derives from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "otatl", meaning "bamboo".
Species 13 species are accepted.Espejo Serna, A., A. R. López-Ferrari & J. Valdés-Reyna. 2000. Poaceae. Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas: una Sinopsis Florística 10: 7–236 [and index].Ruiz-Sanchez, E., 2015. Parametric and non-parametric species delimitation methods result in the recognition of two new Neotropical woody bamboo species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 93, pp.261–273. Otatea acuminata (Munro) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr. – widespread from Chihuahua to Oaxaca Otatea carrilloi Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés – Chiapas Otatea colombiana – Colombia Otatea fimbriata Soderstr. – widespread from Norte de Santander to Chiapas Otatea glauca L.G.Clark & G.Cortés – Chiapas Otatea nayeeri – western Mexico (Durango and Nayarit) Otatea odam – Mexico (Durango and Zacatecas) Otatea ramirezii Ruiz-Sanchez – QuerétaroRuiz-Sanchez, Eduardo. 2012. Acta Botánica Mexicana 99: 25, figure 1 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
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