Xylomelum

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Xylomelum pyriforme
Xylomelum pyriforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Xylomelum
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Species

Xylomelum angustifolium
Xylomelum cunninghamianum
Xylomelum occidentale
Xylomelum pyriforme
Xylomelum scottianum

Xylomelum is a genus of five species in the plant family Proteaceae. They are native to Australia, growing in the form of tall shrubs and trees. The genus includes at least two species with the common name woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme in the eastern states of Australia, and Xylomelum occidentale in Western Australia.

[edit] Classification

Recent molecular studies have Xylomelum paired as a sister clade with Lambertia.

[edit] References

Hoot, S.B. and Douglas, A.W. Phylogeny of Proteaceae based on atpB and atpB-rbcL intergenic spacer region sequences. Austral. Syst. Bot. 11 (1998), 301-320

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