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Otatea

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Otatea

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Otatea, called weeping bamboo, is a genus of clumping bamboos in the grass family, native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia.

Species

Mexican weeping bamboo

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toColombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest
Observations256
Observations recorded1,492

Trauerbambus (Otatea) ist eine Bambus-Gattung der Untertribus Guaduinae. Der Name Otatea stammt von Otate, der Bezeichnung für Bambus auf Nahuatl (Aztekisch).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
12
With media
4
Family
Poaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, STDOM, MICH, US, TAES, VT
Recorded in
Mexico
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poaceae
Image
Otatea acuminata whole.jpg
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taxon name
Otatea
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Otatea
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=15684
topic's main category
Category:Otatea
taxon common name
墨西哥竹属
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Encyclopedic overview

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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".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Otatea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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