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Mosdenia
Scientific classification
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Mosdenia

Stent
Species:
M. leptostachys
Binomial name
Mosdenia leptostachys
(Ficalho & Hiern) Clayton
Synonyms[1]
  • Sporobolus leptostachys Ficalho & Hiern
  • Perotis phleoides Hack.
  • Mosdenia waterbergensis Stent
  • Mosdenia phleoides (Hack.) Stent
  • Mosdenia transvaalensis Stent

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. ^ a b 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