Xylomelum

Xylomelum pyriforme

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Proteales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Proteales

Familia: Proteaceae
Subfamilia: Grevilleoideae
Tribus: Roupaleae
Subtribus: Lambertiinae
Genus: Xylomelum
Species: X. angustifolium – X. benthamii – X. cunninghamianum – X. occidentale – X. pyriforme – X. salicinum – X. scottianum

Name

Xylomelum Sm., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 4: 214 (1798).

• Type species: Xylomelum pyriforme (Gaertn.) Knight, Cult. Prot.: 105 (1809) et R.Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. 10: 189 (1811).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Smith, J.E. 1798. The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 4: 213–223. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Weston, P.H. & Barker, N.P. 2006. A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera. Telopea 11(3): 314–344. BHL PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Xylomelum. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 15 2017.
• Xylomelum in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2017. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2017 Jan. 16.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Xylomelum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug 16. Reference page. 

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