Restio

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
Type species
	Restio dichotomus; Rottb.
Synonyms
	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 the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.^[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

^ ^a ^b Tropicos, Restio L.
^ lectotype designated by Mc Vaugh, Taxon 17: 85-87 (19??)
^ ^a ^b Tropicos, Restio Rottb.
^ ^a ^b ^c "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". wcsp.science.kew.org. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
^ Rottbøll, Christen Friis. 1772. Descriptiones Plantarum Rariorum 9

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