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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 names

staghorn fern

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Ferns

Flower colours

No flowers

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Polypodiaceae

Authority

Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C.Chr.

Ecology

Year naturalised

2003

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Life cycle and dispersal

Reproduces by wind dispersed spores.

Other information

Etymology

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