Mosdenia

Mosdenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae
Subtribe:	Perotidinae
Genus:	Mosdenia Stent
Species:	M. leptostachys
Binomial name
Mosdenia leptostachys (Ficalho & Hiern) Clayton
Synonyms [1]
Mosdenia phleoides(Hack.) Stent Mosdenia transvaalensisStent Mosdenia waterbergensisStent Perotis phleoidesHack. Sporobolus leptostachysFicalho & Hiern

Mosdenia is a genus of African plants in the grass family. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The only known species is Mosdenia leptostachys, native to Angola and Limpopo. ^{[1] [5]}

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Stent, Sydney Margaret 1922. Bothalia 1(3): 170, plate 1
3. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
4. Peterson, P. M., K. Romaschenko & Y. Herrera Arrieta. 2014. A molecular phylogeny and classification of the Cteniinae, Farragininae, Gouiniinae, Gymnopogoninae, Perotidinae, and Trichoneurinae (Poaceae: Chloridoideae: Cynodonteae). Taxon 63(2): 275–286
5. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria