Restionaceae

Family: Restionaceae

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales

There are 38 genera and about 520 species (Africa, Madagascar, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Chile in South America), with 19 genera and 332 species indigenous to southern Africa, occurring mainly in the fynbos.

In Mesic Mountain Fynbos, Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa).

Along the Tsitsikamma Hiking Trail.

Genera indigenous to southern Africa

List from Archer (2000).

Anthochortus Seven species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Askidiosperma Twelve species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Calopsis Twenty-four species, endemic to southern Africa (mainly Western Cape, also Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal).
Cannomois Seven species, endemic to Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Ceratocaryum Eight species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Chondropetalum Twelve species, endemic to Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Dovea One species, Dovea macrocarpa, endemic to the Western Cape (Clanwilliam and Piquetberg districts).
Elegia Thirty-five species, endemic to southern Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape).
Hydrophilus One species, Hydrophilus rattrayi, endemic to Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Hypodiscus Fifteen species, endemic to southern Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape and Eastern Cape).
Ischyrolepis Forty-nine species, endemic to southern Africa (Western Cape, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga).
Mastersiella Three species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Nevillea Two species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Platycaulos Eight species, endemic to Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
Restio About 150 species (southern Africa, tropical Africa and Australia), with 89 species indigenous to southern Africa.
Rhodocoma Six species, endemic to southern Africa (Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal).
Staberoha Nine species, endemic to the Western Cape.
Thamnochortus Thirty-three species, endemic to southern Africa (Western Cape and Eastern Cape). Plants of the species Thamnochortus insignis are a major source of material for thatching of roofs, and are harvested mainly in the Albertinia region of the Western Cape.
Willdenowia Eleven species, endemic to Western Cape and Northern Cape.

Publications

Archer, C. 2000. Restionaceae. In: Seed Plants of Southern Africa (ed. O.A. Leistner). Strelitzia 10: 729-733. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.