Jan Frederik Veldkamp

{{Short description|Dutch botanist}}

Jan Frederik Veldkamp (31 March 1941, Amsterdam - 12 November 2017) was a Dutch botanist, plant taxonomist and grass specialist.{{cite web|url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=28907|title=Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries - Index of Botanists - Veldkamp, Jan Frederik|work=Harvard University Herbaria|publisher=Harvard University|accessdate=3 December 2017}}

He worked in the Rijksherbarium (National Herbarium of the Netherlands), he undertook various plant expeditions in Papua New Guinea. Which were documented between 1984- 2008 in Flora Malesiana Bulletin in about 400 publications. He was a student, friend and also Bridge partner of Dutch botanist Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis (1901–1986).{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

In 2008, botanists Yasushi Ibaragi and Shiro Kobayashi in J. Jap. Bot. vol.83 on page 108 published Veldkampia, which is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.{{cite web |title=Veldkampia Ibaragi & Shiro Kobay. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60459160-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=14 March 2021 |language=en}} It was named in Veldkamp's honour.

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