Scientific name: Kinabaluchloa
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Vietnamese name: Tre lông
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A new bamboo genus namely Kinabaluchloa K.M.Wong has been found for Vietnam’s flora based on species specimens collected during field surveys taken in Bidoup National Park (Da Lat city, Lam Dong province). The genus was described first by K.M.Wong in Malaysia in 1993 and the new species found in Vietnam was named as Bidoup Kinabaluchloa bamboo (Kinabaluchloa wrayi K.M.Wong - Tre long Bidoup) to remember the location where the species was collected.