Platycerium coronarium

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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

[1]Platycerium coronarium is an epiphytic species of staghorn fern in the genus Platycerium. It is found in maritime Southeast Asia and Indochina.[2] 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.[3]

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.