Restio

Accepted species 168 Documented here 71 Family Restionaceae

Accepted species 168 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Restio capensis (L. ex C.B.Clarke) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 523 documented
Restio bifurcus Nees ex Mast. 192 documented
Restio paniculatus Rottb. 166 documented
Restio tetragonus Thunb. 137 documented
Restio triticeus Rottb. 105 documented
Restio dispar Mast. 89 documented
Restio subverticillatus (Steud.) Mast. 77 documented
Restio eleocharis Nees ex Mast. 72 documented
Restio egregius Hochst. 68 documented
Restio leptoclados Mast. 66 documented
Restio bifarius Mast. 64 documented
Restio festuciformis Nees ex Mast. 44 documented
Restio sieberi Kunth 40 documented
Restio virgeus Mast. 40 documented
Restio perplexus Kunth 38 documented
Restio multiflorus Spreng. 37 documented
Restio quadratus Mast. 36 documented
Restio gaudichaudianus Kunth 33 documented
Restio ocreatus Kunth 33 documented
Restio cincinnatus Mast. 32 documented
Restio gossypinus Mast. 26 documented
Restio quinquefarius Nees 26 documented
Restio distichus Rottb. 25 documented
Restio nanus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 21 documented
Restio vimineus Rottb. 20 documented
Restio fraternus Kunth 19 documented
Restio paludosus Pillans 19 documented
Restio vilis Kunth 18 documented
Restio filiformis Poir. 17 documented
Restio luxurians (Pillans) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 17 documented
Restio micans (Kunth) Nees 16 documented
Restio triflorus Rottb. 16 documented
Restio brachiatus (Mast.) Pillans 14 documented
Restio impolitus Kunth 14 documented
Restio rigoratus (Mast.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 14 documented
Restio monanthos Mast. 12 documented
Restio unispicatus (H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 12 documented
Restio bolusii Pillans 10 documented
Restio pratensis (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 10 documented
Restio albotuberculatus H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 9 documented
Restio brunneus Pillans 9 documented
Restio tenuissimus Kunth 9 documented
Restio bifidus Thunb. 8 documented
Restio constipatus H.P.Linder 8 documented
Restio debilis Nees 8 documented
Restio duthieae Pillans 8 documented
Restio pedicellatus Mast. 8 documented
Restio strobilifer Kunth 8 documented
Restio laniger Kunth 7 documented
Restio parvispiculus H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 7 documented
Restio purpurascens Nees ex Mast. 7 documented
Restio schoenoides Kunth 7 documented
Restio helenae Mast. 6 documented
Restio macer Kunth 6 documented
Restio curviramis Kunth 5 documented
Restio fusiformis Pillans 5 documented
Restio pumilus Esterh. 5 documented
Restio versatilis H.P.Linder 5 documented
Restio corneolus Esterh. 4 documented
Restio distractus Mast. 4 documented
Restio distylis H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 4 documented
Restio femineus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 4 documented
Restio longiaristatus (Pillans ex H.P.Linder) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 4 documented
Restio praeacutus Mast. 4 documented
Restio pygmaeus Pillans 4 documented
Restio ramosissimus H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 4 documented
Restio andreaeanus (Pillans) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 3 documented
Restio hyalinus (Mast.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 3 documented
Restio inconspicuus Esterh. 3 documented
Restio scaberulus N.E.Br. 3 documented
Restio vallis-simius H.P.Linder 3 documented
Restio adpressus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 4 below the evidence gate
Restio rudolfii H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 3 below the evidence gate
Restio dodii Pillans 2 below the evidence gate
Restio levynsiae (Pillans) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 2 below the evidence gate
Restio papillosus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 2 below the evidence gate
Restio tenuispicatus H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 1 below the evidence gate
Restio acockii Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio affinis (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio alticola Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio anomalus H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio arcuatus Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio aridus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio asperus (Mast.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio aureolus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio burchellii Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio caespitosus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio calcicola H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio capillaris Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Restio cedarbergensis H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio clandestinus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio coactilis Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio colliculospermus H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio communis Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio confusus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio curvibracteatus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio cymosus (Mast.) Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio decipiens (N.E.Br.) H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio degenerans Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio distans Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio durus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio echinatus Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Restio ejuncidus Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio elsieae H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio esterhuyseniae Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio exilis Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio filicaulis Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio fourcadei Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio fragilis Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio fuscidulus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio harveyi Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio hystrix Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio implicatus Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio ingens Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio insignis Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio inveteratus Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio involutus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio karooicus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio leptostachyus Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Restio marlothii Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio miser Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Restio mkambatiae H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio monostylis (Pillans) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio montanus Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio muirii (Pillans) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio nodosus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio nubigenus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio nudiflorus (Pillans) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio nuwebergensis Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio obscurus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio occultus (Mast.) Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio pachystachyus Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Restio paludicola H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio papyraceus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio parthenocarpos H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio patens Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio peculiaris Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio perseverans Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio pillansii H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio pulcher (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio pulvinatus Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio rarus Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio rigidus (Mast.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio rivulus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio rottboellioides Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Restio rupicola Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio sabulosus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio saroclados Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio saxatilis (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio scaber Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio secundus (Pillans) H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio sejunctus Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio setiger Kunth 0 below the evidence gate
Restio similis Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio singularis Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio sporadicus (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio stereocaulis Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio stokoei Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio strictus N.E.Br. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio subtilis Nees ex Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio tuberculatus Pillans 0 below the evidence gate
Restio uniflorus H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio verrucosus Esterh. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio villosus H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio wallichii Mast. 0 below the evidence gate
Restio wittebergensis (Esterh.) H.P.Linder & C.R.Hardy 0 below the evidence gate
Restio zuluensis H.P.Linder 0 below the evidence gate
Restio zwartbergensis Pillans 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.