| Veldkampia | |
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Veldkampia sagaingensis Ibaragi & Shiro Kobay (2008) | |
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.
The genus was circumscribed by Yasushi Ibaragi and Shiro Kobayashi in J. Jap. Bot. vol.83 on page 108 in 2008.
The genus name of Veldkampia is in honour of Jan Frederik Veldkamp (1941-2017), who was a British botanist and chemist.
References
- ^ "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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Veldkampia | |
| Veldkampia sagaingensis | |