Restio

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

Restio
Restio quadratus
Scientific classification
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.

In common with a number of other genera in the Restionaceae, restios are widely cultivated for use a garden ornamentals for their attractive nodular foliage and mild frost hardiness.

Species[4]
  • Restio acockii
  • Restio adpressus
  • Restio affinis
  • Restio albotuberculatus
  • Restio alticola
  • Restio andreaeanus
  • Restio anomalus
  • Restio arcuatus
  • Restio aridus
  • Restio asperus
  • Restio aureolus
  • Restio bifarius
  • Restio bifidus
  • Restio bifurcus
  • Restio bolusii
  • Restio brachiatus
  • Restio brunneus
  • Restio burchellii
  • Restio caespitosus
  • Restio calcicola
  • Restio capensis
  • Restio capillaris
  • Restio cedarbergensis
  • Restio cincinnatus
  • Restio clandestinus
  • Restio coactilis
  • Restio colliculospermus
  • Restio communis
  • Restio confusus
  • Restio constipatus
  • Restio corneolus
  • Restio curvibracteatus
  • Restio curviramis
  • Restio cymosus
  • Restio debilis
  • Restio decipiens
  • Restio degenerans
  • Restio dispar
  • Restio distans
  • Restio distichus
  • Restio distractus
  • Restio distylis
  • Restio dodii
  • Restio durus
  • Restio duthieae
  • Restio echinatus
  • Restio egregius
  • Restio ejuncidus
  • Restio eleocharis
  • Restio elsieae
  • Restio esterhuyseniae
  • Restio exilis
  • Restio femineus
  • Restio festuciformis
  • Restio filicaulis
  • Restio filiformis
  • Restio fourcadei
  • Restio fragilis
  • Restio fraternus
  • Restio fuscidulus
  • Restio fusiformis
  • Restio gaudichaudianus
  • Restio gossypinus
  • Restio harveyi
  • Restio helenae
  • Restio hyalinus
  • Restio hystrix
  • Restio implicatus
  • Restio impolitus
  • Restio inconspicuus
  • Restio ingens
  • Restio insignis
  • Restio inveteratus
  • Restio involutus
  • Restio karooicus
  • Restio laniger
  • Restio leptoclados
  • Restio leptostachyus
  • Restio levynsiae
  • Restio longiaristatus
  • Restio luxurians
  • Restio macer
  • Restio marlothii
  • Restio micans
  • Restio miser
  • Restio mkambatiae
  • Restio monanthos
  • Restio monostylis
  • Restio montanus
  • Restio muirii
  • Restio multiflorus
  • Restio nanus
  • Restio nodosus
  • Restio nubigenus
  • Restio nudiflorus
  • Restio nuwebergensis
  • Restio obscurus
  • Restio occultus
  • Restio ocreatus
  • Restio pachystachyus
  • Restio paludicola
  • Restio paludosus
  • Restio paniculatus
  • Restio papillosus
  • Restio papyraceus
  • Restio parthenocarpos
  • Restio parvispiculus
  • Restio patens
  • Restio peculiaris
  • Restio pedicellatus
  • Restio perplexus
  • Restio perseverans
  • Restio pillansii
  • Restio praeacutus
  • Restio pratensis
  • Restio pulcher
  • Restio pulvinatus
  • Restio pumilus
  • Restio purpurascens
  • Restio pygmaeus
  • Restio quadratus
  • Restio quinquefarius
  • Restio ramosissimus
  • Restio rarus
  • Restio rigidus
  • Restio rigoratus
  • Restio rivulus
  • Restio rottboellioides
  • Restio rudolfii
  • Restio rupicola
  • Restio sabulosus
  • Restio saroclados
  • Restio saxatilis
  • Restio scaber
  • Restio scaberulus
  • Restio schoenoides
  • Restio secundus
  • Restio sejunctus
  • Restio setiger
  • Restio sieberi
  • Restio similis
  • Restio singularis
  • Restio sporadicus
  • Restio stereocaulis
  • Restio stokoei
  • Restio strictus
  • Restio strobilifer
  • Restio subtilis
  • Restio subverticillatus
  • Restio tenuispicatus
  • Restio tenuissimus
  • Restio tetragonus
  • Restio triflorus
  • Restio triticeus
  • Restio tuberculatus
  • Restio uniflorus
  • Restio unispicatus
  • Restio vallis-simius
  • Restio verrucosus
  • Restio versatilis
  • Restio vilis
  • Restio villosus
  • Restio vimineus
  • Restio virgeus
  • Restio wallichii
  • Restio wittebergensis
  • Restio zuluensis
  • Restio zwartbergensis

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

References

  1. Tropicos, Restio L.
  2. lectotype designated by Mc Vaugh, Taxon 17: 85-87 (19??)
  3. Tropicos, Restio Rottb.
  4. "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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