A personal Restionaceae of flowering plants contains at the latest view (2003), Forty genera & 950 coinage everthing of which are then tufted or even rhizomatous herbs.

A personal en bloc come superficially Rush-rather Juncaceae in overall appearance but come as a matter of fact non that close. It belong to it swell grouping of plants in the Liliopsida (Monocot) class action that include many more superficially similar families like a sedges Cyperaceae, rushes Juncaceae and Poaceae.

A class action come everthing southern hemisphere inside origin like a tropics and semitropics of Australia (including Tasmania), South America and South Africa, numerous of the latter come becoming super popular when garden ornamentals inside many area of the globe, a select few with an most Bamboo-such as habit two in their vigorous cane-like stems & their size.

Currently accepted genera

Alexgeorgea Anthochortus Antochortus (Anthochortus) Askidiosperma Calopsis Calorophus Cannomois Ceratocaryum Chondropetalum Coleocarya Dielsia Dovea Elegia Empodisma Harperia Hopkinsia Hydrophilus Hypodiscus Hypolaena Ischyrolepis Lamprocaulos (Elegia) Lepidobolus Leptocarpus Lepyrodia Loxocarya Lyginia Mastersiella Meeboldina Megalotheca (Mesanthus) Nevillea Onychosepalum Phyllocomos Platycaulos Pseudoloxocarya Restio Rhodocoma Schlechteria (Phyllocomos) Sporadanthus Staberoha Thamnochortus Willdenowia Winifredia

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