FIGURE 1. Otatea ramirezii. A. Flowering branch, with synflorescences. B. Synflorescence. C in Otatea ramirezii (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) flower description and the importance of the Mexican national living bamboo collection

FIGURE 1. Otatea ramirezii. A. Flowering branch, with synflorescences. B. Synflorescence. C. Spikelet, showing florets and rachilla joints. D. Spikelet ventral lemma view, showing glabrous awned glume I, rachilla joint with pubescent apex, palea with glabrous keels, pubescent sulcus and bifid apex and lateral view of awned lemma. E. Spikelet dorsal lemma view showing glabrous awned glume II, and awned lemma. F. Detail of the scabrous lemma. G. Anterior pubescent lodicules pair, abaxial view and adaxial apex of the posterior one. H. Caryopsis hilum (left), embryo (embryo). Based on E. Ruiz-Sanchez, L. Pérez & A. Núñez 410. Drawn by Alfonso Barbosa.