Littledalea

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|parent_authority = Soreng & J.I. Davis (2015)

|taxon = Littledalea

|authority = Hemsl.

|type_species = Littledalea tibetica

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Littledalea is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family, native to mountains in China and neighboring countries.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16235565#page/154/mode/1up Hemsley, William Botting. 1896. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 25: plate 2472] line drawing of Littledalea tibetica; following page has description in Latin plus commentary in English 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.{{cite journal|last1=Soreng|first1=Robert J.|last2=Peterson|first2=Paul M.|last3=Romaschenko|first3=Konstantin|last4=Davidse|first4=Gerrit|last5=Teisher|first5=Jordan K.|last6=Clark|first6=Lynn G.|last7=Barberá|first7=Patricia|last8=Gillespie|first8=Lynn J.|last9=Zuloaga|first9=Fernando O.|title=A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications|journal=Journal of Systematics and Evolution|volume=55|issue=4|year=2017|pages=259–290|issn=1674-4918|doi=10.1111/jse.12262|doi-access=free|hdl=10261/240149|hdl-access=free}} {{open access}}

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

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=422735 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Littledalea The Plant List search for Littledalea][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=118756 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 370 扇穗茅属 shan sui mao shu Littledalea Hemsley, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2472. 1896. ]

• 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