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

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