Restio

Restio is a genus of flowering plants within the family Restionaceae, described in 1772. The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

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.