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

  1. โ†‘ 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. โ†‘ Dransfield, Soejatmi (1992). "Sabah Forest Record (Issue 14)". The Bamboos of Sabah. Forestry Department: 31. ISSN 0128-6471.
  3. โ†‘ Wong, K. M. (1995). The Morphology, Anatomy, Biology, and Classification of Peninsular Malaysian Bamboos. University of Malaya. p. 144-145. ISBN 9789839903300.
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