Weeping bamboo

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Weeping bamboo
Mexican weeping bamboo (Otatea acuminata)

Mexican weeping bamboo ( Otatea acuminata )

Systematics
Order : Sweet grass (Poales)
Family : Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily : Bamboo (Bambusoideae)
Tribe : Bambuseae
Sub tribus : Guaduinae
Genre : Weeping bamboo
Scientific name
Otatea
( McClure & EWSm. ) CECalderón & Soderstr.

Weeping bamboo ( Otatea ) is a bamboo genus of the Untertribus Guaduinae. The name Otatea comes from Otate, the name for bamboo in Nahuatl (Aztec).

Description and use

Otatea species grow as loose, perennial clumps . They form short rhizomes . The woody stalks reach heights of 0.2 to 1 meter ( Otatea acuminata ssp. Aztecorum 'Dwarf') up to 6 meters (e.g. Otatea glauca 'Mayan Silver') and a diameter of less than 4 mm. The stalks are seldom hollow; the sheaths are brownish and rough and peel off over time. The species prefer sunny locations and tolerate temperatures down to just under freezing point. The weeping bamboo species can be propagated by dividing or cuttings. They make ears of wheat .

Mexican weeping bamboo ( Otatea acuminata )

Types and distribution

The Otatea species come from the mountains of Central America and Mexico . The following types are recognized:

  • Mexican weeping bamboo ( Otatea acuminata (Munro) CECalderón & Soderstr. , Syn .: Otatea aztecorum (McClure & EWSm.) CECalderón & Soderstr. ): It is widespread from Mexico and Honduras to Costa Rica .
  • Otatea carrilloi Ruiz-Sanchez, Sosa & Mejía-Saulés : It wasfirst describedin 2011 from the Mexican state of Chiapas .
  • Otatea colombiana Ruiz-Sanchez & Londoño : It was first described from Colombia in 2017.
  • Otatea fimbriata Soderstr. : It is distributed from Mexico to Honduras and occurs in Colombia .
  • Otatea glauca L.G. Clark & ​​G.Cortés : It was first described in 2004 from the Mexican state of Chiapas.
  • Otatea nayeeri Ruiz-Sanchez :: It wasfirst describedin 2016 from the Mexican state of Nayarit .
  • Otatea ramirezii Ruiz-Sanchez : It wasfirst describedin 2012 from the Mexican state of Querétaro .
  • Otatea reynosoana Ruiz-Sanchez & LGClark : It was first described in 2011 and occurs in southwest Mexico.
  • Otatea rzedowskiorum Ruiz-Sanchez : It was first described in 2015 from the Mexican state of Chiapas.
  • Otatea transvolcanica Ruiz-Sanchez & LGClark : It was first described in 2011 and occurs in central and southwestern Mexico.
  • Otatea victoriae Ruiz-Sanchez : It was first described in 2015 from the Mexican state of Hidalgo.
  • Otatea ximenae Ruiz-Sanchez & LGClark : It wasfirst describedin 2011 from the Mexican state of Oaxaca .

Sources and further information

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Otatea. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved January 23, 2020.

Web links

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