Veldkampia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae. It contains only one known species, Veldkampia sagaingensis. It is an annual grass endemic to Myanmar.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Saccharinae |
| Genus: | Veldkampia Ibaragi & Shiro Kobay (2008) |
| Species: | V. sagaingensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Veldkampia sagaingensis Ibaragi & Shiro Kobay (2008)
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The genus was circumscribed by Yasushi Ibaragi and Shiro Kobayashi in J. Jap. Bot. vol.83 on page 108 in 2008.[2][1]
The genus name of Veldkampia is in honour of Jan Frederik Veldkamp (1941-2017), who was a British botanist and chemist.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Veldkampia Ibaragi & Shiro Kobay. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Ibaragi, Y.; Kobayashi, S. (2008). "ミャンマー産イネ科の1新属 Veldkampia（イネ科）" [1 new genus Veldkampia (Poaceae) from Myanmar]. Journal of Japanese Botany (in Japanese). 83 (2): 106–112. doi:10.51033/jjapbot.83_2_10036.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved 27 January 2022.