Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. veitchii (Underw.) Hennipman & M. C. Roos GRIN-Global

Taxon: Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. subsp. veitchii (Underw.) Hennipman & M. C. Roos

Summary

Genus:

Platycerium

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Nomen number:

410444

Place of publication:

Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Tweede Sect. 80:91. 1982

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. bifurcatum var. hillii (T. Moore) Domin (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

Alcicornium veitchii Underw.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Platycerium veitchii (Underw.) C. Chr.

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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-
Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
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
silver elkhorn fern –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Australasia	Australia	Australia	Queensland
2	Cultivated

Native
Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia [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=410444. Accessed 19 December 2025.