PLANTS Profile for Platycerium bifurcatum (elkhorn fern)

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PLANTS Profile

Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr.
elkhorn fern

Symbol:

PLBI3

Group:

Fern

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

More Information:

Distribution:
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr.


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USA (HI)

Related Taxa:
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr.

View 13 genera in Polypodiaceae, 2 species in Platycerium

Classification:
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Division	Pteridophyta – Ferns
Class	Filicopsida
Order	Polypodiales
Family	Polypodiaceae – Polypody family
Genus	Platycerium Desv.
Species	Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. – elkhorn fern

Introduced Information:
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 01:01 PM CDT