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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.
Pyrus vallis-demonis is restricted to a limited area near Caronia in the Nebrodi Mountains, Messina Province, at altitudes between 1,300 and 1,480 m. It occurs on the margins of Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) woodlands on quartz arenite edaphic soils, in association with dog rose (Rosa canina), elmleaf blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus), spurge-laurel (Daphne laureola), European wild apple (Malus sylvestris), field maple (Acer campestre) and European ash (Fraxinus excelsior).
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