Biology:Veldkampia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Veldkampia
Scientific classification edit
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.[1]

The genus name of Veldkampia is in honour of Jan Frederik Veldkamp (1941-2017), who was a British botanist and chemist.[2]

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