''Littledalea'' is a
genus of
Asian plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
, native to mountains in
China
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and neighboring countries.
[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.
[ ]
Genus was named for British game hunter
Clement St. George Royds Littledale (1851–1931)
[
; SpeciesFlora of China Vol. 22 Page 370 扇穗茅属 shan sui mao shu ''Littledalea'' Hemsley, Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 25: t. 2472. 1896. ]
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* '' Littledalea alaica'' (Korsh.) Petrov ex Kom. - Qinghai, Tibet, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
* '' Littledalea przevalskyi'' Tzvelev - Gansu
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The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
, Qinghai, Tibet
* '' Littledalea racemosa'' Keng - Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan
* '' Littledalea tibetica'' Hemsl. - Tibet, Nepal, Yunnan
References
External links
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Pooideae
Grasses of Asia
Poaceae genera
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