Mosdenia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Perotidinae
Genus: Mosdenia
Species: M. leptostachys
Name

Mosdenia Stent, Bothalia 1: 170 (1922)
monotypic taxon

References

Stent, S.M. (1922) Bothalia 1(3): 170, t. 1.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Mosdenia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Mosdenia. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 13.
Tropicos.org 2013. Mosdenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Mosdenia. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov. 2013.

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

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Stent, Sydney Margaret 1922. Bothalia 1(3): 170, plate 1
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria