Otatea

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 Otatea acuminata (Munro) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr. – widespread from Chihuahua to Oaxaca Otatea carrilloi Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés – Chiapas Otatea fimbriata Soderstr. – widespread from Norte de Santander to Chiapas Otatea glauca L.G.Clark & G.Cortés – Chiapas 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...read more on Wikipedia.