Platycerium bifurcatum

Platycerium bifurcatum.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Platycerium bifurcatum.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Platycerium bifurcatum.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

Stag horn fern

Family

Polypodiaceae

Authority

Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C.Chr.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Ferns

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

No flowers

Life cycle

Reproduces by wind dispersed spores.

Year naturalised

2003

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Etymology

bifurcatum: From the Latin bi- ‘two’ and furcus ‘fork’, meaning two-pronged