Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. bifurcatum var. bifurcatum GRIN-Global

Taxon: Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. bifurcatum var. bifurcatum

Summary

Genus:

Platycerium

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Nomen number:

410443

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. hillii (T. Moore) Domin (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

No images

Reference(s)

Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm.
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. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-

Common names

English
common staghorn fern –
elkhorn fern –
French
corne d'élan –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	New South Wales
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
2	Cultivated

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]

Cultivated ()

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=410443. Accessed 19 December 2025.