Platycerium veitchii

Platycerium veitchii, called the silver elkhorn fern or the silver staghorn fern, is a species of fern in the family Polypodiaceae, native to Queensland.[1][2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[3]

Platycerium veitchii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Platycerium
Species:
P. veitchii
Binomial name
Platycerium veitchii
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcicornium veitchii Underw.
  • Platycerium bifurcatum subsp. veitchii (Underw.) Hennipman & M.C.Roos

References
  1. "Platycerium veitchii (Underw.) C.Chr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  2. "Silver Elkhorn Fern (Platycerium veitchii)". Plants Database. National Gardening Association. 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. "Platycerium veitchii silver elkhorn fern". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 26 March 2021.


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