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 Nordic Baltic Genebanks. 
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)
  1. Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  2. 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.
  3. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
  4. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English common staghorn fern as P. bifurcatum 1 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
English elkhorn fern as P. bifurcatum 1 Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
French corne d'élan as P. bifurcatum 2 Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslande.
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Queensland (e.)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
Environmentalornamentalas Platycerium bifurcatumWalters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. Note: = Platycerium bifurcatum
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://nordic-baltic-genebanks.org/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=410443. Accessed 11 August 2025.