Culms
simple, often with clusters of sterile branches at nodes
Leaf sheaths
persistent, closely convolute, apical half usually lacerate
Male inflorescence
paniculate; spathes persistent, similar to sheaths; pedicels flattened
Male spikelets
several, ovate, pendulous, 3-6-flowered; bracts cartilaginous, as long as florets; perianth segments 6, chartaceous to cartilaginous, subequal; stamens 3, anthers 1-locular, dehiscing inside perianth
Female inflorescence
of many slender, stiffly erect spikelets or with 1 spikelet at apex of each branch
Female spikelets
with several bracts, apical 1(2) fertile; perianth segments 6, ± subequal, bony to cartilaginous, outer ones longer and more slender, inner ones shorter and wider; staminodes 3; ovary 3-locular; styles 3; free, plumose, exserted from bracts at anthesis
Fruit
a loculicidal capsule
Nomenclature:
Rhodocoma
Nees
Nees ab Esenbeck: 450 (1836)
Linder: 478 (1985)
Linder: 253 (1991)
Linder & Vlok: 139 (1991)
Restio
Rottb.
Pillans: 210 (1928) in part
Distribution & Notes:
Southern Africa
: Species ± 6, Western to Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal
References:
LINDER, H.P. 1985. Conspectus of the African species of
Restionaceae
.
Bothalia
15
LINDER, H.P. 1991. A review of the southern African
Restionaceae
.
Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium
13
LINDER, H.P. & VLOK, J.H. 1991. The morphology, taxonomy and evolution of
Rhodocoma
(
Restionaceae
).
Plant Systematics and Evolution
175
NEES AB ESENBECK, C.G. 1836. In Lindley, J.
A natural system of botany
, edn 2. Longmans, London
PILLANS, N.S. 1928. The African genera and species of
Restionaceae
.
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa
16
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