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