Restio

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Restio
Restio quadratus.jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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]
  • Restio L., rejected name
  • Calopsis P.Beauv. ex Desv.
  • Leiena Raf.
  • Craspedolepis Steud.
  • Ischyrolepis Steud.


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

Further reading[]

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


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