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Taxon: Platycerium andinum Baker

 
Genus: Platycerium
Family: Polypodiaceae
Nomen number: 312923
Place of publication: Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 5:496. 1891
Link to protologue:
Name Verified on: 13-geg.-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Economic Importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental (fide Zander ed14; Ferns Ornam Peru 50. 2012)

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Southern America
    • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru


    Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

  1. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  2. Kreier, H.-P. & H. Schneider. 2006. Phylogeny and biogeography of the staghorn fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae, Polypodiidae). Amer. J. Bot. 93:217-225.
  3. León, B. et al. 2012. Los helechos ornamentales en el Perú (The ornamental ferns of Peru) Note: Ministerio de Agricultura, Lima. Peru, and Museo de Historia Natural U.N.M.S.M.
  4. Tryon, R. M. et al. 1993. Part V. (18. Aspleniaceae - 21. Polypodiaceae). Pteridophyta of Peru. Fieldiana, Botany new ser. 32:181-183.

Check other web resources for Platycerium andinum Baker :

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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=312923. Accessed 7 lapkričio 2026.