Otatea

12 Species

Otatea is a genus of clumping bamboos native to Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico. The name derives from the nahuatl otatl, meaning "bamboo". The genus comprises 12 species, of which the best-known is of the Mexican weeping bamboo (Otatea acuminata).

Otatea bamboo grows on the Pacific slopes, from Sonora through the Central Plateau and Transversal Volcanic Ridge, locally in ravines in low deciduous forest of the slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Chihuahua (except in arid and semiarid regions and mountain tops), and on the slopes of the Gulf of Mexico to Central America between 200 and 2,000 m altitude.

Otatea Species List

SpeciesOriginDiameterHeight
Otatea acuminataMexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest∅ 25 mm⇑ 10 m
Otatea carrilloiMexico Southeast∅ 35 mm⇑ 5 m
Otatea colombianaColombia
Otatea fimbriataColombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico Southeast∅ 40 mm⇑ 6 m
Otatea glaucaMexico Southeast∅ 30 mm⇑ 8 m
Otatea nayeeriMexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
Otatea ramireziiMexico Northeast∅ 17 mm⇑ 3 m
Otatea reynosoanaMexico Southwest∅ 9 mm⇑ 6 m
Otatea rzedowskiorumMexico Southeast
Otatea transvolcanicaMexico Central, Mexico Southwest∅ 60 mm⇑ 8 m
Otatea victoriaeMexico Northeast
Otatea ximenaeMexico Southwest∅ 10 mm⇑ 3 m

Source: Kew Science


Stéphane Schröder

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