Veldkampia (Gramineae), a New Genus from Myanmar

Abstract

A new genus Veldkampia (Gramineae) is described from Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park, Myanmar. This new genus is characterized by the effacement of the pediceled spikelet, containing two well-developed caryopses in a spikelet, and in having a terminal cupule-like appendage on the joints of a sessile spikelet. This plant may be included in Saccharinae, Andropogoneae, however, the phylogenetic position and the evolution of their diagnostic characters are unclear.