Otatea

Otatea acuminata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Bambusoideae
Tribus: Bambuseae
Subtribus: Guaduinae
Genus: Otatea
Species: O. acuminata – O. carrilloi – O. colombiana – O. fimbriata – O. glauca – O. nayeeri – O. ramirezii – O. reynosoana – O. rzedowskiorum – O. transvolcanica – O. victoriae – O. ximenae

Name

• Otatea (McClure & E.W.Sm.) C.E.Calderon & Soderstr., Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 44: 21 (1980)
• Type species: Otatea acuminata (Munro) C.E.Calderón ex Soderstr., Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 44: 21 (1980)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia Regional: Central America El Salvador, Honduras Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Costa Rica References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Calderón, C.E. & Soderstrom, T.R. (1980) Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 44: 21.

Additional references

• Ruiz-Sanchez, E., Sosa, V. & Mejía-Saules, T.M. 2008. Phylogenetics of Otatea Inferred from Morphology and Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data, and Recircumscription of Guaduinae (Poaceae: Bambusoideae). Systematic Botany 33(2): 277–283. DOI: 10.1600/036364408784571644 . JSTOR Reference page. 
• Ruiz-Sanchez, E., Sosa, V., Mejía-Saules, T.M., Londoño, X. & Clark, L.G. 2011. A Taxonomic Revision of Otatea (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) Including Four New Species. Systematic Botany 36(2): 314–336. DOI: 10.1600/036364411X569516 . JSTOR . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Otatea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Otatea. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Otatea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Otatea. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

مصرى: اوتاتيا
Deutsch: Trauerbambus
മലയാളം: ഒറ്റേറ്റ
中文: 墨西哥竹属

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