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Restionaceae
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The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 meters in height. Following the APG IV (2016): the family now includes the former families Anarthriaceae, Centrolepidaceae and Lyginiaceae, and as such includes 51 genera with 572 known species. Based on evidence from fossil pollen, the Restionaceae likely originated more than 65 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period, when the southern continents were still part of Gondwana.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyRestionaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 441
- With media
- 281
- Family
- Restionaceae
- Collections
- MEL, BRIT, RSA, MICH, US
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Malawi, Philippines, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon common name
- 帚灯草科
- Commons category
- Restionaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Restionaceae
- topic's main category
- Category:Restionaceae
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Restio
- taxon synonym
- Centrolepidaceae
- start time
- 66000000-0
- temporal range start
- Late Cretaceous
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
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- Taxonomy
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The Restionaceae, also called restiads and restios, are a family of flowering plants native to the Southern Hemisphere; they vary from a few centimeters to 3 meters in height. Following the APG IV (2016): the family now includes the former families Anarthriaceae, Centrolepidaceae and Lyginiaceae, and as such includes 51 genera with 572 known species. Based on evidence from fossil pollen, the Restionaceae likely originated more than 65 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period, when the southern continents were still part of Gondwana.
==Description== The family consists of tufted or rhizomatous, herbaceous plants belonging to a group of monocotyledons that includes several similar families, such as the sedges, rushes, and grasses. They have green, photosynthetic stems and leaves that have been reduced to sheaths. Their flowers are extremely small and in spikelets, which in turn make up the inflorescences. Male and female flowers are on separate plants and, like grasses, are wind-pollinated.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Restionaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.