Veldkampia

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.

[2][1] The genus name of Veldkampia is in honour of Jan Frederik Veldkamp (1941-2017), who was a British botanist and chemist.