RESTIONACEAE
Morphological description
Rhizomatous herbs.
Leaves
Leaves usually consisting of bladeless stem-clasping sheaths.
Inflorescence
Plants dioecious.
Flowers
Flowers tepals 4-6, free; stamens 3, ovary superior with 1 ovule. Usually unisexual.
Fruit
Fruit capsules, nutlets or follicles opening by slits.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: Cyperaceae: leaves three ranked. - Juncaceae: flowers bisexual, ovules many.
Distribution: The family almost entirely confined to the southern hemisphere, best represented in Australia. In Malesia only Leptocarpus with 3 species.
Notes: notes.
Literature: K. Bakker, Fl. Males. I, 5 (1957) 416 - 420.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): nr.
Illustrations: Fig. 156. Leptocarpus barbatus Bakker (Restionaceae). a. Habit; b. two sheaths, one nearly glabrous by caducous hairs; c. bisexual flower; b & c enlarged. Reproduced from Flora Malesiana I, 5 (1957) 417, fig. 1a-c.
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