Platycerium

Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Platycerium Desv.
POLYPODIACEAE
STAGHORN FERN
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Classification
POLYPODIALES
Platycerium
Citation
PLATYCERIUM Desvaux, Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 213. 1827.
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TYPE: Platycerium alcicorne Desvaux (Acrostichum alcicorne Swartz 1801, non Willemet 1796) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 746. 1873.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Platycerium bifurcatum STAGHORN FERN Not Native Y
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Alcicornium Alcicornium Gaudichaud-Beaupré ex Underwood, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 6: 275. 1899. TYPE: = Platycerium Desvaux 1827.
Nevroplatyceros Nevroplatyceros Fée, Mem. Foug. 2(Hist. Acrostich.): 25. 1845. TYPE: = Platycerium Desvaux 1827.
Stemaria Stemaria H. W. Schott, Wiener Z. Kunst. 1829(4): 1280. 1829. TYPE: Stemaria alcicornis (Desvaux) H. W. Schott (Platycerium alcicorne Desvaux; Acrostichum alcicorne Swartz 1801, non Willemet 1796) = Platycerium Desvaux 1827, by lectotypification.