Platycerium veitchii

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Wikipedia links:       Monilophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae >  Platycerium  veitchii

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Plant  information

Common name:         Silver Elkhorn Fern

• Also, the silver staghorn fern

Conservation status: . . .

Etymology:   

• Derived from the Greek words platys meaning "flat" and ceras meaning "a horn", referring to the shape of the fronds

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• Native to Queensland

Additional notes:     

• It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycerium_veitchii (2023)