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Dinochloa sipitangensis

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Dinochloa sipitangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Dinochloa
Species:
D. sipitangensis
Binomial name
Dinochloa sipitangensis

Dinochloa sipitangensis a species of tropical clumping high-climbing bamboos in the grass family.

They are found in the hill forests and lowland dipterocarp forest of Borneo, in Sabah.[1] The species was identified by Indonesia-born British plant taxonomist, Soejatmi Dransfield, in 1981 and named after the locality, Sipitang, in which it was found.[2]

They have zigzag culms and bare fleshy fruits.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ohrnberger, D (1999). The Bamboos of the World: Annotated Nomenclature and Literature of the Species and the Higher and Lower Taxa. Elsevier. p. 296. ISBN 9780080542386.
  2. ^ Dransfield, Soejatmi (1992). "Sabah Forest Record (Issue 14)". The Bamboos of Sabah. Forestry Department: 31. ISSN 0128-6471.
  3. ^ Wong, K. M. (1995). The Morphology, Anatomy, Biology, and Classification of Peninsular Malaysian Bamboos. University of Malaya. p. 144-145. ISBN 9789839903300.