Normanbya

Normanbya is a genus of palm trees containing the sole species Normanbya normanbyi, known by the common name black palm. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia and is threatened by habitat destruction.

==Description== Normanbya normanbyi is visually very similar to the more well-known Foxtail palm but is slightly smaller in all respects. It is a single-stemmed palm with attractive "bushy" fronds, similar to a bottlebrush. It grows to a height of with a small crown of fronds each measuring around long with a petiole, or leaf stem, about long. The fronds have 75–95 whorled pinnae (leaflets) up to in length, each of which are divided longitudinally into 7–11 radiating segments, giving the fronds the bushy appearance. The pinnae are dark green on the upper surface and silvery underneath and the tips are abruptly truncated (like a fishtail).