Littledalea

Littledalea is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family, native to mountains in China and neighboring countries.^[1] The genus is placed in its own tribe Littledaleae within subfamily Pooideae. The isolated tribe seems to be sister to the tribes Bromeae and Triticeae.^[2]

Littledalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Clade:	BOP clade
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Triticodae
Tribe:	Littledaleae Soreng & J.I. Davis (2015)
Genus:	Littledalea Hemsl.
Type species
Littledalea tibetica Hemsl.

Genus was named for British game hunter Clement St. George Royds Littledale (1851–1931) ^[1]

Species^[3][4][5]

• Littledalea alaica (Korsh.) Petrov ex Kom. - Qinghai, Tibet, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
• Littledalea przevalskyi Tzvelev - Gansu, Qinghai, Tibet
• Littledalea racemosa Keng - Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
• Littledalea tibetica Hemsl. - Tibet, Nepal, Yunnan