Taxon:
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. bifurcatum var. bifurcatum
Summary
Verified:
03/30/1998
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
- Hennipman, E. & M. C. Roos. 1982. A monograph of the fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae). Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 80:90-91.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
Common names
English
common staghorn fern – elkhorn fern – French
corne d'élan –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | e. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland (e.)]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum |
Environmental | ornamental | as Platycerium bifurcatum | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum |