Restionaceae
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Restionaceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by most taxonomists. The AP-Website [May 2006] assumes 58 genera and 520 species , which agrees well with the Flora of China.
The family consists of tufted or rhizomatous herbaceous plants, superficially Rush-like in overall appearance. They belong to a group of monocotyledons that include several superficially similar families such as the sedges, rushes and true grasses.
The plants in the family are all Southern Hemisphere in origin such as the tropics and subtropics of Australia (including Tasmania), South America and South Africa; many of the latter are becoming very popular as garden ornamentals in many parts of the world, some having an almost Bamboo-like habit both in their vigorous cane-like stems and their size.
The APG II system, of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system, 1998), also recognizes this family, and assigns it to the order Poales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.
The Cronquist system, of 1981, also recognized this family and placed it in the order Restionales in the subclass Commelinidae in class Liliopsida [=monocotyledons] in division Magnoliophyta [=angiosperms].
[edit] External links :
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- Restionaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval. Version: 27th April 2006. http://delta-intkey.com.
- Restionaceae in the Flora of China
- Florabase [218 entries, in Restionaceae sensu lato]
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
