Restio Capensis

''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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