Belongs within: Poales.
Contains: Leptocarpus, Restio, Centrolepis, Lepyrodia.
The Restionaceae are a group of rush-like plants found in southern parts of the world, particularly Africa, Australasia and southeast Asia. Leaves are commonly reduced to sheaths around the photosynthetic stems. Smaller species that retain distinct linear or setaceous leaves have historically been distinguished as a separate family Centrolepidaceae.
<==Restionaceae [Anarthriaceae, Centrolepidaceae, Farinosae, Restionineae]APG16 |--AnarthriaDS04 | |--A. gracilis [incl. A. canaliculata, A. grandiflora, A. humilis, A. ischaemoides]B78 | |--A. laevisGK00 | |--A. polyphyllaDS04 | |--A. prolifera [incl. A. pauciflora]B78 | `--A. scabraGK00 `--+--Baloskion tetraphyllumDS04 `--+--LepyrodiaDS04 `--+--Thamnochortus cinereusDS04 `--ElegiaDS04 |--E. capensisGPWG01 |--E. fenestrataDS04 `--E. stipularisGPWG01 Restionaceae incertae sedis: LeptocarpusME70 PhyllocomosYY22 AskidiospermaYY22 CannomoisYY22 Chaetanthus leptocarpoides [incl. Prionosepalum gilberti]B78 DielsiaYY22 DoveaYY22 Harperia laterifloraOS04 Hypodiscus Nees 1836KC01 Hypolaena [incl. H. sect. Euhypolaena]B78 |--H. exsulca [incl. H. esenbeckii, H. grandiuscula, Restio vacillans]B78 `--H. fastigiata [incl. Restio clavatus]B78 LepidobolusB78 |--L. chaetocephalusB78 |--L. drapetocoleusB78 `--L. preissianusOS04 OnychosYY22 RestioB78 StaberonaYY22 WilldenowiaYY22 LoxocaryaRL05 |--L. cinerea [incl. Calorophus asper]B78 |--L. densa [=Calorophus densus]B78 |--L. fasciculata [=Restio fasciculatus; incl. Desmocladus brunonianus]B78 |--L. flexuosa [=Calorophus flexuosus, Restio flexuosus; incl. C. crispatus]B78 |--L. pubescens [=Hypolaena pubescens, Restio pubescens]B78 |--L. vestitaB78 `--L. virgataB78 EmpodismaHE80 |--E. gracillimumP05 `--E. minusHE80 (see below for synonymy) Alexgeorgia nitensRL05 DesmocladusRL05 |--D. asperOS04 |--D. fasciculataRL05 `--D. flexuosaRL05 ChondropetalumGPWG01 Apodasmia ceramophilaGK00, GKL04 Meeboldina denmarkicaGK00 Sporadanthus Muell. 1874ME70 `--*S. traversii (Muell.) Muell. ex Kirk 1878 [=Lepyrodia traversii Muell. 1873]ME70 Calorophus Labill. 1806ME70 |--*C. elongataME70 [=Calostrophus elongatusB78, Lepyrodia elongataB78] |--‘Hypolaena’ gracillima [=Calostrophus gracillimus]B78 |--‘Hypolaena’ lateriflora [=Calostrophus lateriflorus, Restio lateriflorus; incl. Leptocarpus squarrosus]B78 |--‘Hypolaena’ longissimaB78 `--C. minor Hook. f. 1853ME70 (see below for synonymy) ApheliaSR07 |--A. brizula [incl. Brizula muelleri]B78 |--A. cyperoidesGK00 |--A. drummondii [=Brizula drummondii]B78 |--A. gracilis [=Brizula gracilis]B78 |--A. nutansB78 `--A. pumilio [=Brizula pumilio]B78 Gaimardia Gaud. 1825ME70 |--*G. australisME70 `--G. setacea Hook. f. 1853ME70 CentrolepisME70 Podostachys bureauana Marion 1872CBH93 Milfordia incerta Krutzsch 1970CBH93 Restiacites pleiocaulis Saporta 1861CBH93 Onychosepalum laxiflorumB78 Nomina nuda: Chaetanthus aristatus Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Hypolaena humilis Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Meeboldina cana Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Meeboldina coangustata Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Meeboldina kraussii Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Meeboldina roycei Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Meeboldina scariosa Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Meeboldina tephrina Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00 Sporadanthus strictus Gibson & Keighery 2000GK00
Empodisma minusHE80 [=Calorophus minor Hook. f. 1853HE80, ME70, C. elongatus var. minor Hook. f. 1858ME70, Hypolaena lateriflora var. minor (Hook. f.) Cheeseman 1906ME70]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[YY22] Yampolsky, C., & H. Yampolsky. 1922. Distribution of sex forms in the phanerogamic flora. Bibliotheca Genetica 3: 1–62.