Restionaceae
English: Restios; Restiads; Cape reeds.
African: Biesies; Dekriet
Clades: Poales; Liliidae; Lilianae; Angiospermae; Plants.
Region: South Africa, Australia.
Use: garden ornamentals.
Introduction
Restionaceae is a family of grass like species, mostly foiund in South Africa and Australia. They were unknown in homeopathy.
Genera
51 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.
Taxonomy
In the Apg3 classification Restionaceae is a Family of Poales.
In the Plant theory Restionaceae is placed in Polaes, in Subphase 3.
Taxonomy
Restionaceae 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.
Origin
Evidence 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.
Botany
Annual 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.