Dendrocalamus sinicus
| Dendrocalamus sinicus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Dendrocalamus |
| Species: | D. sinicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendrocalamus sinicus L.C.Chia & J.L.Sun
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Dendrocalamus sinicus, the dragon bamboo, is a gigantic clumping bamboo native to Yunnan Province of China and to Laos.[1] It has the largest culms of any known species of bamboo; up to 36 cm (14 in) wide with culm walls up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) thick[2] and the culm up to 46 m (151 ft) height. Each culm can weigh up to 450 kg (990 lb) apiece.[3][4] A plant eventually consists of about one hundred culms. This species was unknown to mainstream science prior to 1980, although well known to the citizens of Yunnan and Laos for centuries.
References
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