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Viola ucriana is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is a violet that is endemic to Sicily in Italy, where its known in Italian as Viola di Ucria.

Pyrus sicanorum, the Pero dei Monti Sicano, is a species of pear in the rose family Rosaceae, that is native to central western Sicily. It is, together with P. ciancioi, P. pedrottiana, P. vallis-demonis and P. castribonensis, one of five pear species endemic to the island, and was described in 2006.

Pyrus ciancioi, the pero di Ciancio or Ciancio's pear, is a species of pear in the rose family Rosaceae. It is, together with P. sicanorum, P. vallis-demonis, P. castribonensis and P. pedrottiana, one of five pear species endemic to Sicily. Having been described only in 2012, only about 15 mature individuals are known.

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Pyrus vallis-demonis, the Pero di Val Demone, is a species of pear in the rose family Rosaceae, native to northeastern Sicily. It is one of five endemic pear species that have been described from the island since 2004, together with P. ciancioi, P. castribonensis, P. sicanorum and P. pedrottiana. It is placed in subgenus Pyrus.

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Malus crescimannoi, also known as the Raimondo apple, is a species of apple in the rose family, Rosaceae. Native to the island of Sicily, it was formally described only in 2008, making it one of the most recently described species of tree in Europe. Whether the species is a remnant of a preglacial diversity of apples in Europe or a distinctive race of European wild apple is at present unknown.

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Ptilostemon greuteri is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a shrub endemic to western Sicily. Ptilostemon greuteri is a woody thistle which generally grows from 0.5 to 2 meters tall, and occasionally to 3.5 meters tall. It is the largest species and has the largest leaves in the genus. It is endemic to Monte Inici near Castellammare del Golfo in Trapani Province of northwestern Sicily. It was known from a single population in Cappellone Valley, where it grows in shrubland on rocky slopes, on cliffs, and at cliff bases from 200 to 500 metres elevation. A second

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Rhamnus lojaconoi is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Sicily, where it is known locally as ranno di Lojacono. It grows to 8 to 10 meters tall. Rhamnus lojaconoi grows in remnant evergreen laurel forests in ravines on the northern slopes of the Madonie massif between 300 and 560 meters elevation, where the exposure and topography allow more year-round moisture. Laurel (Laurus nobilis) is the dominant tree, together with Quercus ilex and Quercus pubescens subsp. pubescens, forming low thickets 6 to 12 meters tall, with a relatively open

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Pyrus pedrottiana is a species of pear in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is native to Sicily, specifically the Nebrodi Mountains of northern Sicily. It is, together with P. ciancioi, P. vallis-demonis, P. sicanorum and P. castribonensis, one of five pear species endemic to the island, and was described in 2022.

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