Otatea

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
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.
Synonyms[1]
Yushania subgenus Otatea McClure & E.W.Sm.

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

Species^[5][4][6][7]

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^[8]
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