Ruhooglandia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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Ruhooglandia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae. It only contains one knowns species, Ruhooglandia hooglandii.{{cite web |title=Ruhooglandia S.Dransf. & K.M.Wong {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77161250-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=23 May 2021 |language=en}}

It is native to New Guinea.

It is named after the Dutch botanist Ruurd Dirk Hoogland (1922-1994).{{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}}

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