Wodyetia
Wodyetia is a genus of the palm family Arecaceae, containing the single species Wodyetia bifurcata. The species, commonly known as foxtail palm, is native to a very small area of northeastern Queensland, Australia, but has been widely cultivated around the world.
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Wodyetia is a genus of the palm family Arecaceae, containing the single species Wodyetia bifurcata. The species, commonly known as foxtail palm, is native to a very small area of northeastern Queensland, Australia, but has been widely cultivated around the world.
==Description== The foxtail palm is a single-stemmed palm growing to a height of tall and up to diameter. The trunk is light grey, smooth (without spines), somewhat bottle- or spindle-shaped, and marked by annular leaf scars. There are about 6–10 fronds in the crown of a mature tree, and they grow to about in length with a petiole about long and a about long. The leaflets are divided into numerous segments (as many as 950), which are arranged radially around the midrib, giving the frond a 'bushy' appearance.
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Conservation dependent biota of QueenslandConservation dependent flora of AustraliaEndemic flora of QueenslandFlora of QueenslandIUCN Red List conservation dependent speciesMonotypic Arecaceae generaNature Conservation Act vulnerable biotaPalms of AustraliaPtychospermatinaeTaxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on WikidataTaxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items