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Foxtail palm
The Foxtail Palm, ''Wodyetia bifurcata'', is a species of palm in the Arecaceae family, native to Queensland, Australia.〔Dowl, J.L. 1998. (Wodyetia bifurcata ). (2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ) Downloaded on 20 July 2007.〕
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"''〔(Palm and Cycad Societies of Australia webpage on Wodyetia bifurcata ) Accessed 3 May 2008〕
== Etymology ==
Most of the world was unaware of the existence of this 'spectacular' palm until 1978, when an Aboriginal man brought it to botanists and the world's attention〔( usbg.gov plant-collections ) Accessed 3 May 2008〕
The Aboriginal name of that Aboriginal man has been recorded as being "Wodyeti", thus the genus name for this Australian endemic species ''Wodyetia''. The specific name "bifurcata" is from Latin meaning “twice divided,” in reference to its leaves.
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