Restio

Restio
Restio quadratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Restionaceae
Genus: Restio
Rottb. 1772 conserved name, not L. 1767[1]
Type species
Restio dichotomus
Synonyms[1][4]
  • Calopsis P.Beauv. ex Desv.
  • Craspedolepis Steud.
  • Ischyrolepis Steud.
  • Leiena Raf.
  • Restio L., rejected name

Restio is a genus of flowering plants within the family Restionaceae, described in 1772.[5][3] The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.[4]

In common with a number of other genera in the Restionaceae, restios are widely cultivated for use as garden ornamentals for their attractive nodular foliage. They are mildly frost hardy.

Species

168 species are accepted.[6][4]

Many species formerly included within the genus Restio are now classified into a number of other genera including Acion, Baloskion, and Eurychorda.

References

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Restio L.
  2. ^ lectotype designated by Mc Vaugh, Taxon 17: 85-87 (19??)
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Restio Rottb.
  4. ^ a b c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
  5. ^ Rottbøll, Christen Friis. 1772. Descriptiones Plantarum Rariorum 9
  6. ^ "Restio Rottb". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2025.

Further reading

  • Dorrat-Haaksma, Els; Linder, Hans Peter (2012). Restios of the Fynbos (2 ed.). Cape Town: Struik Nature.

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