Wodyetia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Arecales |
Family: | Arecaceae |
Subfamily: | Arecoideae |
Tribe: | Areceae |
Subtribe: | Ptychospermatinae |
Genus: | Wodyetia A.K.Irvine |
Species: | W. bifurcata
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Binomial name | |
Wodyetia bifurcata |
Wodyetia bifurcata, the foxtail palm, is a species of palm in the family Arecaceae, native to Queensland, Australia.[1] It is the sole species in the genus Wodyetia.
The Palm and Cycads Societies of Australia (PACSOA) describes this palm as follows:
"Very attractive palm with long (2-3m.) plumose leaves (hence the name 'Foxtail'), and up to 10m tall with a grey trunk. It produces large (about the size of a duck egg) orange fruit"[2]