Otatea

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Otatea | image = Otatea acuminata whole.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Mexican weeping bamboo (Otatea acuminata ssp. aztecorum | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Liliopsida | ordo = Poales | familia = Poaceae | subfamilia = Bambusoideae | supertribus = Bambusodae | tribus = Bambuseae | subtribus = Guaduinae | genus = Otatea | genus_authority = (McClure & E.W.Sm.) C.E.Calderón & Soderstr. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =

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Otatea is a genus of clumping bamboos found from Central Mexico to Central America. The name derives from the nahuatl otatl, meaning "bamboo". The genus comprises 3 species, of which the best-known is of the Mexican weeping bamboo.es:Otatea fr:Otatea

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