# Restio

Restio is a genus of flowering plants within the family Restionaceae, described in 1772. The entire genus is endemic to the Cape Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.
In common with a number of other genera in the Restionaceae, restios are widely cultivated for use as garden ornamentals for their attractive nodular foliage. They are mildly frost hardy.

## Species

* Restio acockii
* Restio adpressus
* Restio affinis
* Restio albotuberculatus
* Restio alticola
* Restio andreaeanus
* Restio anomalus
* Restio arcuatus
* Restio aridus
* Restio asperus
* Restio aureolus
* Restio bifarius
* Restio bifidus
* Restio bifurcus
* Restio bolusii
* Restio brachiatus
* Restio brunneus
* Restio burchellii
* Restio caespitosus
* Restio calcicola
* Restio capensis
* Restio capillaris
* Restio cedarbergensis
* Restio cincinnatus
* Restio clandestinus
* Restio coactilis
* Restio colliculospermus
* Restio communis
* Restio confusus
* Restio constipatus
* Restio corneolus
* Restio curvibracteatus
* Restio curviramis
* Restio cymosus
* Restio debilis
* Restio decipiens
* Restio degenerans
* Restio dispar
* Restio distans
* Restio distichus
* Restio distractus
* Restio distylis
* Restio dodii
* Restio durus
* Restio duthieae
* Restio echinatus
* Restio egregius
* Restio ejuncidus
* Restio eleocharis
* Restio elsieae
* Restio esterhuyseniae
* Restio exilis
* Restio femineus
* Restio festuciformis
* Restio filicaulis
* Restio filiformis
* Restio fourcadei
* Restio fragilis
* Restio fraternus
* Restio fuscidulus
* Restio fusiformis
* Restio gaudichaudianus
* Restio gossypinus
* Restio harveyi
* Restio helenae
* Restio hyalinus
* Restio hystrix
* Restio implicatus
* Restio impolitus
* Restio inconspicuus
* Restio ingens
* Restio insignis
* Restio inveteratus
* Restio involutus
* Restio karooicus
* Restio laniger
* Restio leptoclados
* Restio leptostachyus
* Restio levynsiae
* Restio longiaristatus
* Restio luxurians
* Restio macer
* Restio marlothii
* Restio micans
* Restio miser
* Restio mkambatiae
* Restio monanthos
* Restio monostylis
* Restio montanus
* Restio muirii
* Restio multiflorus
* Restio nanus
* Restio nodosus
* Restio nubigenus
* Restio nudiflorus
* Restio nuwebergensis
* Restio obscurus
* Restio occultus
* Restio ocreatus
* Restio pachystachyus
* Restio paludicola
* Restio paludosus
* Restio paniculatus
* Restio papillosus
* Restio papyraceus
* Restio parthenocarpos
* Restio parvispiculus
* Restio patens
* Restio peculiaris
* Restio pedicellatus
* Restio perplexus
* Restio perseverans
* Restio pillansii
* Restio praeacutus
* Restio pratensis
* Restio pulcher
* Restio pulvinatus
* Restio pumilus
* Restio purpurascens
* Restio pygmaeus
* Restio quadratus
* Restio quinquefarius
* Restio ramosissimus
* Restio rarus
* Restio rigidus
* Restio rigoratus
* Restio rivulus
* Restio rottboellioides
* Restio rudolfii
* Restio rupicola
* Restio sabulosus
* Restio saroclados
* Restio saxatilis
* Restio scaber
* Restio scaberulus
* Restio schoenoides
* Restio secundus
* Restio sejunctus
* Restio setiger
* Restio sieberi
* Restio similis
* Restio singularis
* Restio sporadicus
* Restio stereocaulis
* Restio stokoei
* Restio strictus
* Restio strobilifer
* Restio subtilis
* Restio subverticillatus
* Restio tenuispicatus
* Restio tenuissimus
* Restio tetragonus
* Restio triflorus
* Restio triticeus
* Restio tuberculatus
* Restio uniflorus
* Restio unispicatus
* Restio vallis-simius
* Restio verrucosus
* Restio versatilis
* Restio vilis
* Restio villosus
* Restio vimineus
* Restio virgeus
* Restio wallichii
* Restio wittebergensis
* Restio zuluensis
* Restio zwartbergensis
Many species formerly included within the genus Restio are now classified into a number of other genera including Acion, Baloskion, and Eurychorda.