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Xylomelum is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of five species in the plant family Proteaceae
Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genus but fewer than 2000 species....
. They are native to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, growing in the form of tall shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s and tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s. The genus includes at least two species with the common name woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme in the eastern states of Australia
Eastern states of Australia

The Eastern states of Australia refers to the States and territories of Australia adjoining the east coast of Australia. These are the mainland states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria ....
, and Xylomelum occidentale in Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
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fruits of Xylomelum are in the form of woody pears. These are thought to have evolved primarily as a defence against seed predation.






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Xylomelum is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of five species in the plant family Proteaceae
Proteaceae

Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genus but fewer than 2000 species....
. They are native to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, growing in the form of tall shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s and tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s. The genus includes at least two species with the common name woody pear, Xylomelum pyriforme in the eastern states of Australia
Eastern states of Australia

The Eastern states of Australia refers to the States and territories of Australia adjoining the east coast of Australia. These are the mainland states of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria ....
, and Xylomelum occidentale in Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
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Fruits

The fruits of Xylomelum are in the form of woody pears. These are thought to have evolved primarily as a defence against seed predation. However, these woody fruits also provide protection of the seeds from fire. It is therefore likely that this characteristic was reselected in evolution as fire became increasingly important.

Classification

Recent molecular studies have Xylomelum paired as a sister clade
Clade

A clade is a term used in modern alpha taxonomy, the scientific classification of living and fossil organisms, to describe a monophyletic group, defined as a group consisting of a single common ancestor and all its descendants.The term "monophyletic group" is used in this article in the conventional sense of "an a...
 with Lambertia
Lambertia

Lambertia is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Proteacea. It is endemic to Australia .The genus was named in 1798 by James Edward Smith in honour of English botanist Aylmer Bourke Lambert....
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Uses

Woody Pear is used in musical instrument making, as a top for the acoustic Stompbox and guitar inlays by Western Australian luthier Ellis Guitars
Ellis Guitars

Ellis Guitars is a company based in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia producing handmade acoustic guitars and acoustic Stomp_Box. In recent years the company has produced some novel, sometimes unique, guitars based upon a resonator guitar design....
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