''Soejatmia'' is a
monotypic genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Poaceae. It just contains one species, ''Soejatmia ridleyi''
(Gamble) K.M.Wong
Its native range is from the peninsula of
Thailand to
Malaya
Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:
Political entities
* British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...
.
The genus name of ''Soejatmia'' is in honour of
Soejatmi Dransfield
Soejatmi Dransfield (born 1939) is an Indonesia-born British plant taxonomist specializing in bamboos and currently honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.
Early life
Soejatmi Soenarko was born in Nganjuk, Indonesia ...
(b. 1939), an Indonesia-born British plant taxonomist specializing in bamboos and also honorary research fellow at the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Latin
specific epithet of ''ridleyi'' refers to
Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855 – 1956), was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore.
Both the genus and the species were first described and published in
Kew Bull. Vol.48 on pages 530-532 in 1993.
Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education and Economics mission area. ARS is charged with ext ...
, but they do not list any known species.
References
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Bambusoideae
Bambusoideae genera
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Plants described in 1993
Flora of Thailand
Flora of Malaya