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

13 species are accepted.

• 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 – Querétaro

• 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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