Mosdenia

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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| image = Bothalia (1921) (19783578854).jpg

| display_parents = 4

| genus = Mosdenia

| parent_authority = Stent

| species = leptostachys

| authority = (Ficalho & Hiern) Clayton

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=424919 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

• Mosdenia phleoides (Hack.) Stent
• Mosdenia transvaalensis Stent
• Mosdenia waterbergensis Stent
• Perotis phleoides Hack.
• Sporobolus leptostachys Ficalho & Hiern

}}

Mosdenia is a genus of African plants in the grass family.Stent, Sydney Margaret 1922. Bothalia 1(3): 170, plate 1[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00399.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora][http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax/2014/00000063/00000002/art00006?token=005816ee02a5dc5a666f3a7b6c4240516f576b46527a663c49264f655d375c6b6876305021111107af63b47f 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] The only known species is Mosdenia leptostachys, native to Angola and Limpopo.Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria