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Platycerium coronarium

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Species of fern

Platycerium coronarium
A large specimen of Platycerium coronarium from Pahang, Malaysia. This plant exhibits both foliage and spore-bearing leaves.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
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.

References

  1. Aspiras, Reyno A. (2010-01-01). "Sporophyte and gametophyte development of Platycerium coronarium (Koenig) Desv. and P. grande (Fee) C. Presl. (Polypodiaceae) through in vitro propagation". Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 17 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2009.12.003. ISSN 1319-562X. PMC 3730856. PMID 23961053.
  2. "A Guide to Bukit Timah Nature Resreve Trail" (PDF). Singapore National Parks Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  3. University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley Newsletter. Vol. 21 # 2 (Spring 1996) p. 2.


Taxon identifiers
Platycerium coronarium
Osmunda coronaria
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