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Restio
Sign in to saveRestio 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.
Species
Genus
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderPhyllodocida
- FamilyAcoetidae
Habitatmarine
Native toCape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal
Common Name: vley reed
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 472
- With media
- 334
- Family
- Restionaceae
- Collections
- US, MEL, UCONN
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Restionaceae
- Image
- Restio quadratus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Restio
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Restio
- Commons category
- Restio
- endemic to
- South Africa
- taxonomic type
- Restio triticeus
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Restio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.