Restio

''Restio'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Restionaceae, described in 1772.Rottbøll, Christen Friis. 1772. Descriptiones Plantarum Rariorum 9Tropicos, Restio Rottb.
/ref> The entire genus is endemic to South Africa (Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal).

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

* '' 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

Further reading

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Restionaceae
Endemic flora of South Africa
Flora of KwaZulu-Natal
Flora of the Cape Provinces
Fynbos
Poales genera

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