English: Restios; Restiads; Cape reeds.
African: Biesies; Dekriet
Clades:
Poales;
Liliidae;
Lilianae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
Region: South Africa, Australia.
Use: garden ornamentals.
IntroductionRestionaceae is a family of grass like species, mostly foiund in South Africa and Australia. They were unknown in homeopathy.
Genera51 genera; 572 species; Alexgeorgea, Anarthria, Anthochortus, Aphelia, Apodasmia, Askidiosperma, Baloskion, Calorophus, Cannomois, Centrolepis, Ceratocaryum, Chaetanthus, Chordifex, Coleocarya, Dapsilanthus, Dielsia, Elegia, Empodisma, Eurychorda, Gaimardia, Harperia, Hopkinsia, Hydrophilus, Hypodiscus, Hypolaena, Lepidobolus, Leptocarpus, Lepyrodia, Loxocarya, Lyginia, Mastersiella, Meeboldina, Megalotheca, Nevillea, Onychosepalum, Platycaulos, Restio, Rhodocoma, Sporadanthus, Staberoha, Thamnochortus, Willdenowia, Winifredia.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Restionaceae is a
Family of
Poales.
In the
Plant theory Restionaceae is placed in Polaes, in
Subphase 3.
TaxonomyRestionaceae is a
Family in the order
Poales. In the Apg classifications Polaes is member of the
Commelinoids in the
Liliidae subclass. In the
Apg4 classification the families
Anarthriaceae,
Centrolepidaceae and Lyginiaceae are included in
Restionaceae.
In the first version of
Plant theory Commelinoids was placed in
Phase 4.
In the second version of the
Plant theory Commelinoids is split in the Orders
Poales,
Zingiberales,
Commelinales and
Arecales.
Poales is placed in
Phase 2.
Restionaceae is placed in Sunphase 3 of
Poales.
OriginEvidence from fossil pollens suggests that
Restionaceae originated 65 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period, when the southern continents were still part of Gondwana.
BotanyAnnual or perennial, tufted or rhizomatous, herbaceous dioecious, rush-like or bamboo-like, flowering plants; from a few centimeters to 3 m in height; leaves reduced to sheaths; flowers extremely small, in spikelets, making up the inflorescences, wind-pollinated; Mediterranean climates.