Platycerium at Hideaway Palmetum
Family Polypodiaceae
Subfamily Platycerioideae
Documentation
Figure 2 is from Phylogeny and biogeography of the staghorn fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae)
Article in American Journal of Botany · February 2006
Personally the description of the figure is hardly decipherable but it makes a good connection to frond and shield styles.
Pictured below is a page out of the Fern Growers Manual by Barbera Joe Hoshizaki and Robbin C. Moran (2001)
It is the most commonly handed out and referred to document. We found the layout of the pictures confusing at first, easily dismissing the nuances between the spores and fronds making them all similar.
Platycerium Species from Plants of the World Online
Operated by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
This accepted genus includes 17 species.
- Platycerium alcicorne (P.Willemet) Desv.
- Platycerium andinum Baker
- Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C.Chr.
- Platycerium coronarium (Konig) Desv.
- Platycerium elephantotis Schweinf.
- Platycerium ellisii Baker
- Platycerium grande (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) J.Sm.
- Platycerium hillii T.Moore
- Platycerium holttumii Jonch. & Hennipman