Platycerium
at Hideaway Palmetum
The 19 Varieties of Platycerium at Hideaway Palmetum
- alcicorne
- andinum
- bifurcatum
- coronarium
- elephantotis
- grande
- hillii
- hillii “Panama”
- holttumii
- horn’s surprise (p.alcicorne x p.madagascariense)
- mt.kitshakood (p.coronarium x p.ridleyii)
- mt.kitshakood “Thin-Thin”
- neptune (p.elephantotis x p.stemaria)
- ridleyi
- stemaria
- wallichii
- wandae
- willinckii
- veitchii
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
Native to:
Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, China South-Central, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., Peru, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Canary Is., Colombia, Hawaii, India, KwaZulu-Natal, Marianas, New Zealand North, Taiwan
“The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World, Peru to Bolivia.” – Kew
Other Documentation
Figure 2 is from Phylogeny and biogeography of the staghorn fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae)
Article in American Journal of Botany · February 2006