Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. bifurcatum var. hillii (T. Moore) Domin GRIN-Global

Taxon: Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. bifurcatum var. hillii (T. Moore) Domin

Summary

Genus:

Platycerium

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Nomen number:

410441

Place of publication:

Biblioth. Bot. 20(Heft 85):197. 1915

Verified:

03/30/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. (0 active accession[s])
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. bifurcatum (0 active accession[s])
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. bifurcatum var. bifurcatum (0 active accession[s])
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. veitchii (Underw.) Hennipman & M. C. Roos (0 active accession[s])
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. willinckii (T. Moore) Hennipman & M. C. Roos (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Platycerium hillii T. Moore

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Reference(s)

Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
Hennipman, E. & M. C. Roos. 1982. A monograph of the fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae). Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 80:88, 91.
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-

Common names

English
northern elkhorn fern –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
2	Cultivated
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	New Guinea

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland]

Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical

MALESIA: New Guinea

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410441. Accessed 19 December 2025.