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Taxon: Platycerium stemaria (P. Beauv.) Desv.

 
Genus: Platycerium
Family: Polypodiaceae
Nomen number: 312922
Place of publication: Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6:213. 1827
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 30-kov.-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • triangular staghorn fern  (Source: Dict Gard) - English

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Uganda
    • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe
    • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
    • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis. Note: lists as "stemmaria"
  2. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  3. Hennipman, E. & M. C. Roos. 1982. A monograph of the fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae). Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 80:108-110.
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Check other web resources for Platycerium stemaria (P. Beauv.) Desv. :

  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=312922. Accessed 7 lapkričio 2026.