Restios of the FynbosThis field guide to the Restionaceae, or Cape reeds, commonly called restios, unpacks a unique family of fynbos plants found at the southern tip of South Africa. Beautifully illustrated with photographs and over 400 colour images (scanned from living plants), this new edition of Els Dorrat-Haaksma's respected guide has now been revised, updated and freshly designed for greater ease of use. It will help demystify restios, a less known component of the fynbos - one that has in recent years become increasingly popular with gardeners and landscape designers as restios find their rightful place amongst the 'architectural' plants. It will be welcomed by nature lovers, whether tourists, hikers, gardeners or botanists (both amateur and professional). |
Contents
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Identifying restios | 35 |
Genera and species | 57 |
Growing restios | 187 |
Glossary | 204 |
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Illustrated species | 207 |
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Restio authors | 211 |
Back cover | 213 |
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Common terms and phrases
3-chambered abscission anthers awns blocks indicate species Bredasdorp Cannomois Cape Floristic Region Cape Peninsula Cape Point capensis cartilaginous Cederberg Ceratocaryum culm GROWTH FORM CULMS unbranched SHEATHS detail–see page references dispersal elaiosome Elegia Elegia tectorum Female plant INFLORESCENCE female plants CULMS flattened flowers bracts cartilaginous flowers each bracts flowers Male Flowers perianth tepals FORM plants tufted fruit a CAPSULE fruit a NUTLET fynbos genera genus GROWTH FORM plants HABITAT HABITAT sandy height HABITAT Humansdorp INFLORESCENCE several spikelets Ischyrolepis Kogelberg Kunth lateral sepals keeled lucens Male and female Male plant INFLORESCENCE Malmesbury marshy areas Mast Mastersiella membranous Nieuwoudtville nodes nutlet ovary pendulous Peninsula species Piketberg plants CULMS unbranched Platycaulos pollen resprouting Restio subgen Restionaceae rhizome Rhodocoma sand sandy soils seed Shaded blocks indicate SHEATHS dropping short rhizome small spathes spikelets species in total spikelets per culm Staberoha stolons Table Mountain Thamnochortus Thamnochortus insignis Thunb tightly wrapped Western Cape whorls Willdenowia