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The genus Restio is in the family Restionaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Restio

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Restio acockii Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio alticola Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio ambiguus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio arcuatus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio aureolus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio bifarius Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio bifidus Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio bifurcus Nees ex Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio bolusii Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio brachiatus (Mast.) Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio brunneus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio burchellii Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio capillaris Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Restio colliculospermus H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio communis Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio confusus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio corneolus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio cymosus (Mast.) Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio debilis Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Restio decipiens (N.E.Br.) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio degenerans Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio dispar Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio distans Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio distichus Rottb.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio dodii Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio echinatus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Restio egregius Hochst.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio ejuncidus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio exilis Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio festuciformis Nees ex Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio filicaulis Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio filiformis Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio fourcadei Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio fragilis Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio fusiformis Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio galpinii Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio harveyi Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio implicatus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio inconspicuus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio ingens Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio insignis Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio inveteratus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio involutus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio leptostachyus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Restio mahonii (N.E.Br.) Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio micans Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Restio miser Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Restio mlanjiensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio montanus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio multiflorus Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio nodosus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio nuwebergensis Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio obscurus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio occultus (Mast.) Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio pachystachyus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Restio papyraceus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio patens Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio peculiaris Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio pedicellatus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio perplexus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Restio perseverans Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio pillansii H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio praeacutus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio pulvinatus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio pumilus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio purpurascens Nees ex Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio quadratus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio quartziticola H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio quinquefarius Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Restio rarus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio rupicola Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio saroclados Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio scaber Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio scaberulus N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio secundus (Pillans) H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio sejunctus Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio similis Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio singularis Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio stereocaulis Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio stokoei Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio strictus N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio strobilifer Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Restio subtilis Nees ex Mast.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio tetragonus Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio triticeus Rottb.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio tuberculatus Pillans	Accepted		WCSP
Restio vallis-simius H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio verrucosus Esterh.	Accepted		WCSP
Restio versatilis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio zuluensis H.P.Linder	Accepted		WCSP
Restio zwartbergensis Pillans	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 359 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Restio. Of these 91 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 22 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Restio. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 359 species names for the genus Restio recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	91	25.3%
◕	Synonym	264	73.5%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.6%
◕	Unassessed	2	0.6%

All names

The status of the 381 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Restio recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	93	24.4%
◕	Synonym	284	74.5%
◕	Unplaced	2	0.5%
◕	Unassessed	2	0.5%

Of these names,

• 11 are recorded as invalid
• 26 are recorded as illegitimate

A further 2 name records indicate where names have been misapplied.

The confidence with which the status of the 359 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Restio, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	91	258	0	0	349	97.2%
	Medium confidence	0	1	0	0	1	0.3%
	Low confidence	0	5	2	2	9	2.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Restio, are as follows: