Veldkampia

Veldkampia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Veldkampia Ibaragi & Shiro Kobay. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.