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Platycerium coronarium

Platycerium coronarium
Staghorn Fern (Platycerium coronarium) (8752670563).jpg
A large specimen of Platycerium coronarium from Pahang, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order: Polypodiales
(unranked): Eupolypods I
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Platycerium
Species: P. coronarium
Binomial name
Platycerium coronarium
(O.F.Müll.) Desv.

Platycerium coronarium is an epiphytic species of staghorn fern in the genus Platycerium. It is found in maritime Southeast Asia and Indochina. and throughout the East Indies. It produces two kinds of leaves: Foliage leaves which are broad and upright in habit, and spore bearing leaves which are narrow, pendulous, dichotomously lobed and up to fifteen feet (4.6 meters) in length.


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