Biology:Platycerium veitchii

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Platycerium

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

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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17114724 entry