Restio Fraternus

''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''
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