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Dendrocalamus sinicus

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Dendrocalamus sinicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dendrocalamus
Species:
D. sinicus
Binomial name
Dendrocalamus sinicus
L.C.Chia & J.L.Sun

Dendrocalamus sinicus, the dragon bamboo, is a gigantic clumping bamboo native to Yunnan Province of China and to Laos. It has the largest culms of any known species of bamboo; up to 14.5 inches (37 cm) wide with culm walls up to 2.3 inches (5.8 cm) thick[1] and the culm up to 151 feet (46 meters) in height. Each culm can weigh up to 990 pounds (450 kg) apiece.[2][3][4] A plant eventually consists of about one hundred culms. This species was unknown to science prior to 1980, although well known to the citizens of Yunnan and Laos for centuries.

References

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  1. ^ http://www.ynbambus.com/ Then click "Dendrocalamus sinicus"
  2. ^ "EcoInternet | Real Climate Change and Environment News". forests.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  3. ^ ":: XINHUANET ::". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  4. ^ http://www.bamboocraft.net/bamboo/showphoto.php?photo=3249&size=big&cat= A good photograph of a mature culm.