041.0000
Family
Polypodiaceae J. & C.Presl; Delic. Prag. 159 (1822)
67 genera, ca. 1700 spp. Phylogeny: Wei & Zhang 2022
Species listed in database: 1737; hybrids: 47
= Platyceriaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(3): 18 (1978)
= Drynariaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16: 1-37 (1978)
= Grammitidaceae Newman; Hist. Brit. Ferns 7 (1840) (Grammitaceae auct., missp.)
= Gymnogrammitidaceae Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 11: 12 (1966)
= Loxogrammaceae Ching ex Pic.Serm.; Webbia 29: 11 (1975)
= Platyceriaceae Ching; Sunyatsenia 5: ? (1940)
= Pleurosoriopsidaceae Sa.Kurata & Ikebe ex Ching; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 17 (1978)
041.2002
Genus
Platycerium Desv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(3): 213 (1827)
Distribution: 6 spp. Africa/Madagascar, 7 Asia, 1 South America
Species listed in database: 17; hybrids: 3
= Alcicornium Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 48 (1825) (nom. prov.)
= Neuroplatyceros (Endl.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 24, 102 (1845) (nom. superfl.
= Stemaria Schott; Wiener Z. Kunst 1829: 1280 (1829)
species :
Platycerium alcicorne
(P.Willemet) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 213 (1827)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Madagascar; Comores (Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte); Mauritius; La Réunion; Seychelles; S-India [I]
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 29 COM MAU MDG REU SEY 40 ind
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum alcicorne P.Willemet; Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 412: 61 (1796) (non Sw. (1801))
= Elaphoglossum alcicorne (P.Willemet) Keyserl.; Polyp. Herb. Bunge 37 (1873)
= Neuroplatyceros alcicornis (P.Willemet) Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 102 (1845)
= Platycerium alcicorne (P.Willemet) Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 417, t. 1(1-2) (1959)
= Platycerium vassei Poiss.; Rev. Horticole 10: 530 (1910)
= Stemaria alcicornis (P.Willemet) Schott; Wiener Z. Kunst 1829, 4(155) (1829)
species :
Platycerium andinum
Baker; Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5: 496 (1891)
Name: South American Staghorn
Distribution: Peru; Bolivia (La Paz)
83 BOL PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium andinum (Baker) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 593 (1905)
species :
Platycerium bifurcatum
(Cav.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 498 (1906)
subspecies :
subsp. bifurcatum
Name: Elkhorn fern (EN); Geweihfarn (DE); Helecho cuerno de alce (ES)
Distribution: Canary Isl. [I] (La Palma Isl. [I]); South Africa [I] (KwaZulu-Natal [I]); Ascension Isl. [I]; Australia (E-Queensland, New South Wales); Lord Howe Isl.; New Zealand [I] (North Isl. [I]); New Caledonia; Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); Colombia [I]
21 cny 27 saf 28 asc 50 AUS LHI 51 nzl 60 NWC 63 haw 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum bifurcatum Cav.; Anales Hist. Nat. 1: 105 (1799), Descr. Pl. 240 (1802)
= Alcicornium bifurcatum (Cav.) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 594 (1905)
= Alcicornium vulgare Gaudich.; Voy. Uranie [Freycinet], Bot. 307 (1828)
= Platycerium alcicorne var. lanciferum (Domin) F.M.Bailey; Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric., Queensland 17: 14 (1913)
= Platycerium alcicorne var. subrhomboideum F.M.Bailey; Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric. Queensland (1913)
= Platycerium angustatum Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 213 (1827)
= Platycerium bifurcatum var. lanciferum (F.M.Bailey) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20: 198 (1915)
= Platycerium bifurcatum var. subrhomboideum (F.M.Bailey) Domin; Bot. Bull. Dept. Agric., Queensland 17: 14 (1913)
subspecies :
subsp. willinckii
(T.Moore) Hennipman & M.C.Roos; Monogr. Platycerium 92 (1982)
Distribution: Sulawesi; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Lombok, Bali, Sumbawa, Timor); New Guinea (Irian Jaya)
42 JAW LSI NWG SUL
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium sumbawense (Christ) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 596 (1905)
= Alcicornium willinckii (Underw.) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 596 (1905)
= Platycerium sumbawense Christ; Farnkr. Erde 125 (1897)
= Platycerium willinckii T.Moore; Gard. Chron., Ser. 2, 3: 301, f. 56 (1875)
species :
Platycerium coronarium
(D.Koenig ex O.F.Müll.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 213 (1827)
Distribution: S-Myanmar (Tenasserim); E-Thailand; peninsular Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl., widespread); Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Sarawak); Philippines (Luzon, Mindanao)
41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR MLY PHI SNG SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum biforme Sw.; J. Bot. [Schrader] 1800(2): 11 (1801)
= Acrostichum fuciforme Wall.; Numer. List. [Wallich] no. 20 (1829), nomen
= Alcicornium coronarium (D.Koenig ex O.F.Müll.) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 594 (1905)
= Neuroplatyceros biformis Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 104 (1845)
= Osmunda coronaria D.Koenig ex O.F.Müll.; Naturforscher (Halle) 21: 107, t. 3 (1785)
= Platycerium biforme (Sw.) Blume; Fl. Javae 14, t. 18 (1828)
= Platycerium platylobum Bidin & Jaman; Gard. Bull. Singapore 39(2): 149 (1986 publ. 1987)
species :
Platycerium elephantotis
Schweinf.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 361 (1871)
Name: Cabbage fern
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique; Colombia [I]
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA ZAI 24 ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM 82 clm
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium angolense (Welw. ex Baker) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 593 (1905)
= Platycerium angolense var. djalonis A.Chev.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 774 (1920), nom. nud.
= Platycerium angolense Welw. ex Baker; Syn. Fil. [W.J.Hooker & Baker] 42, in adnot. (1868) (in syn.)
= Platycerium velutinum C.Chr.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 9(3): 69 (1937)
species :
Platycerium ellisii
Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 421 (1876)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium ellisii (Baker) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 594 (1905)
= Platycerium diversifolium Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 4: 84 (1917)
= Platycerium ellisii var. diversifolium C.Chr.; Dansk Bot. Ark. 7: (1932)
species :
Platycerium grande
(A.Cunn. ex Hook.) J.Sm.; J. Bot. [Hooker] 3: 402 (1841)
Name: Staghorn fern
Distribution: Sulawesi; Philippines (?Masbate: Ticao Isl., Lanao del Sur, Davao, Zamboanga); Guam [I]
42 PHI SUL 62 gum
Conservation Status: CR in the Philippines. IUCN E
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum grande A.Cunn. ex Hook.; Bot. Misc. 1: 240 (1830)
= Alcicornium grande (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 594 (1905)
= Neuroplatyceros grandis (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 103 (1845)
= Platycerium biforme Hook.; Gen. Fil. [Hooker] t. 80B (1842), nom. illeg., non (Sw.) Blume
species :
Platycerium hillii
T.Moore; Gard. Chron., Ser. 2, 10: 51, f. 6, 429, f. 74-75 (1878)
Name: Northern Elkhorn
Distribution: Australia (NE-Queensland)
50 AUS
Remarks: bona sp. fide Fl. Australia 1998
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium hillii (T.Moore) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 595 (1905)
= Platycerium alcicorne var. hillii (T.Moore) F.M.Bailey; Queensland Fl.: 724 (1902)
= Platycerium bifurcatum var. hillii (T.Moore) Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 85: 197 (1915)
species :
Platycerium holttumii
de Jonch. & Hennipman; Brit. Fern Gaz. 10: 16, f. 1-3, t. 12 (1970)
Distribution: Thailand (widespread); Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Langkawi Isl.)
41 CBD LAO THA VIE 42 MLY
species :
Platycerium madagascariense
Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 421 (1876)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium madagascariense (Baker) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 595 (1905)
= Platycerium madagascariense var. humblotii Poiss.; Rev. Horticole 10: 459 (1910)
species :
Platycerium quadridichotomum
(Bonap.) Tardieu; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 15: 420, t. 1(3-5) (1959)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Platycerium bifurcatum var. quadridichotomum Bonap.; Notes Ptéridol. 4: 84 (1917)
species :
Platycerium ridleyi
Christ; Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Ser. 2, Suppl. 3: 8, t. 2 (1909)
Distribution: peninsular Thailand; peninsular Malaysia (Selangor, Kelantan, Pahang); +Singapore; Sumatra (incl. Lingga Arch.); Borneo (Sabah, Sarawak)
41 THA 42 BOR MLY SNG SUM
Conservation Status: IUCN Ex
Synonyms: hidden
= Platycerium biforme var. erectum Ridl.; J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 50: 56 (1908)
= Platycerium coronarium var. cucullatum Alderw.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 18: 25 (1908)
species :
Platycerium stemaria
(P.Beauv.) Desv.; Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris 6(2): 213 (1827) (stemmaria)
Name: Triangular staghorn
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni); Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zimbabwe
22 GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SEN SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON EQG GAB PRI SAO ZAI 24 SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Acrostichum stemaria P.Beauv.; Fl. Oware 1: 2, t. 2 (1804)
= Alcicornium stemaria (P.Beauv.) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 595 (1905)
= Neuroplatyceros aethiopicus Fée; Mém. Foug. 2 (Hist. Acrostich.): 103, t. 64 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Platycerium aethiopicum (Fée) Hook.; Gard. Ferns, t. 9 (1862)
= Platycerium stemaria var. laurentii De Wild.; Mission Ém. Laurent 1: 12, fig. 2 (1905)
species :
Platycerium superbum
de Jonch. & Hennipman; Brit. Fern Gaz. 10: 114, C 4, 5 (1970), nom. nov.
Name: Superb Staghorn
Distribution: Borneo (Sabah); Australia (E-Queensland, NE-New South Wales); Hawaii [I] (Oahu [I])
42 BOR 50 AUS 63 haw
Synonyms: hidden
= Platycerium grande var. tamburinense Domin; Biblioth. Bot. 20(85): 200 (1913 publ. 1915)
species :
Platycerium veitchii
(Underw.) C.Chr.; Index Filic. 497 (1906)
Name: Silver staghorn
Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
50 AUS
Remarks: bona sp. fide Fl. Australia 1998
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium veitchii Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 596 (1905)
= Platycerium bifurcatum subsp. veitchii (Underw.) Hennipman & M.C.Roos; Monogr. Platycerium 91 (1982)
species :
Platycerium wallichii
Hook.; Gard. Chron. 1858: 765 (1858)
Distribution: China (W-Yunnan); NE-India (Manipur); Myanmar (Chin, Taninthayi, etc.); Thailand (widespread); Vietnam
36 CHI 40 IND 41 MYA THA VIE
Conservation Status: IUCN CR for India (Fraser-Jenkins 2012). In China almost extinct in the wild due to overcollecting
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium wallichii (Hook.) Underw.; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 596 (1905)
species :
Platycerium wandae
Racib.; Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie 58 (1902)
Distribution: Moluccas (Aru Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Bismarck Arch.
42 MOL NWG 43 BIS
Synonyms: hidden
= Alcicornium wilhelminae-reginae Alderw.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 18: 24 (1908)
= Platycerium wilhelminae-reginae Alderw.; Bull. Dépt. Agric. Indes Néerl. 18: 24 (1908), nom. altern.
species :
Platycerium ×elemaria
Hoshiz. & M.G.Price; Amer. Fern J. 80(2): 62 (1990)
Distribution: only cultivated known
Remarks: Platycerium elephantotis x stemaria
species :
Platycerium ×kitshakoodiense
Ploy-ratana, Wannakr. & J.M.H.Shaw; Pl. Rev. 6(4): 59 (2024)
Distribution: Thailand
41 THA
Remarks: Platycerium coronarium x ridleyi
species :
Platycerium ×mentelosii
Hoshiz.; Amer. Fern J. 65: 99 (1975)
Distribution: USA [c] (Florida [c])
78 usa
Remarks: Platycerium stemaria x superbum
