Polypodiaceae J.Presl & C.Presl
Platycerium Desv.
, legitimate, scientific
[Desvaux, N.A. (1827), Prodrome de la famille des Fougères. Mémoires de la Société linnéenne de Paris 6(3)]:
213
[tax. nov.]
[Gaudichaud-Beaupre, C. (1828), Voyage Autour du Monde ... sur les Corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Botanique 8]:
307
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1874), Handbook to the Ferns of Queensland]:
12
[secondary reference]
-
Etymology:
"Platys, broad, and keras, a horn."
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
139
[secondary reference]
[Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants]:
234
[secondary reference]
[Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales]:
291
[secondary reference]
[Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants]:
649
[secondary reference]
[Tindale, M.D. (1961), Polypodiaceae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 210]:
25-29
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Alcicornium Underw.
legitimate
[Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains]:
66
[secondary reference]
[Joe, B. (1964), A Review of the Species of Platycerium. Baileya; a Quarterly Journal of Horticultural Taxonomy 12]:
69-126
[secondary reference]
[Joncheere, G.J. de (1968), Notes on Platycerium Desv. I. Nomenclature and typification of the genus and species in Desvaux's original publication of 1827. Blumea 15(2)]:
441-451
[secondary reference]
[Pfeiffer, L. (1968), Blumea]:
441-451
[secondary reference]
-
Type:
Platycerium alcicorne Desv.
[Hennipman, E. & Roos, M.C. (1982), A monograph of the fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae). Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeeling Natuurkunde; Tweede Sectie 80]:
1-126
[secondary reference]
[Hennipman, E., Veldhoen, P., Kramer, K.U. & Price, M.G. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1990), Polypodiaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 1]:
209-211, Fig. 112A-B
[secondary reference]
[Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Polypodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1]:
38-39
[secondary reference]
common name:
Staghorns
[n/a]
[Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera]:
24
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Alcicornium Underw.
legitimate
[Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49]:
571
[secondary reference]
[Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Polypodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48]:
487
[secondary reference]
common name:
Elkhorn Ferns
[n/a]
common name:
Staghorn Ferns
[n/a]
[Wilson, Peter G. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Polypodiaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1]:
38-39
[secondary reference]
common name:
Staghorns
[n/a]
[Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2006), Australian Plant Census]:
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Alcicornium Underw.
legitimate
-
APC Dist.:
Qld, NSW, LHI, NI (naturalised)
[Smith, A.R., Pryer, K.M., Schuettpelz, E., Korall, P., Schneider, H. & Wolf, P.G. (August 2006), A classification for extant ferns. Taxon 55(3)]:
719
[secondary reference]
[Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3]:
677
[secondary reference]
[Christenhusz, M.J.M., Zhang, X.C. & Schneider, H. (2011), A linear sequence of extant families and genera of lycophytes and ferns. Phytotaxa 19]:
18
[secondary reference]
[Field, A.R. (2 January 2020), Classification and typification of Australian lycophytes and ferns based on Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification PPG I. Australian Systematic Botany 33(1)]:
82
[secondary reference]