Dendrocalamus sinicus
| Dendrocalamus sinicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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.[citation needed] This species was unknown to mainstream science prior to 1980, although well known to the citizens of Yunnan and Laos for centuries.
References
[edit]- ^ "Dendrocalamus sinicus L.C.Chia & J.L.Sun". Plants of the World Online. 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
- ^ "biggest bamboo, giant Asian Bamboo, Dendrocalamus sinicus-". ynbambus.com. 2013-04-03. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
- ^ "EcoInternet | Real Climate Change and Environment News". forests.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
- ^ ":: XINHUANET ::". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
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