Restiads
Restionaceae
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.
48 branches of this family, most-observed first
Goldreeds
genusElegia
True Capereeds
genusRestio
Thatching Reeds
genusThamnochortus
pineapple reeds
genusHypodiscus
Apodasmia
genusApodasmia
Sunbrushes
genusWilldenowia
Baloskion
genusBaloskion
tassel reeds
genusStaberoha
Hypolaena
genusHypolaena
Centrolepis
genusCentrolepis
Fountainreeds
genusCannomois
Empodisma
genusEmpodisma
Anarthria
genusAnarthria
Mastreeds
genusMastersiella
Leptocarpus
genusLeptocarpus
Lepidobolus
genusLepidobolus
Fray Reeds
genusRhodocoma
Desmocladus
genusDesmocladus
Lepyrodia
genusLepyrodia
Flatreeds
genusPlatycaulos
Lyginia
genusLyginia
Arrow Reeds
genusCeratocaryum
Aphelia
genusAphelia
Orgyreeds
genusAnthochortus
Conereeds
genusNevillea
Chordifex
genusChordifex
Sporadanthus
genusSporadanthus
Eurychorda
genusEurychorda
Papersheath Reeds
genusAskidiosperma
Dapsilanthus
genusDapsilanthus
Alexgeorgea
genusAlexgeorgea
Taraxis
genusTaraxis
Gaimardia
genusGaimardia
Loxocarya
genusLoxocarya
Coleocarya
genusColeocarya
Calorophus
genusCalorophus
Tremulina
genusTremulina
Pitbract Reeds
genusSoroveta
Melanostachya
genusMelanostachya
Water Capereeds
genusHydrophilus
Dielsia
genusDielsia
Winifredia
genusWinifredia
Chaetanthus
genusChaetanthus
Hopkinsia
genusHopkinsia
Tyrbastes
genusTyrbastes
Catacolea
genusCatacolea
Cytogonidium
genusCytogonidium
Platychorda
genusPlatychorda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54693.