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Accession Data:

Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Polypodiaceae Bercht. & J. Presl.

  • Country of Origin: Java, New Guinea and se Austr., in NSW, Qld and on Lord Howe Island

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201300028
  • Source: older unaccessioned plant from Canaga odorata
  • Accession Date: 09-11-2013
  • Bench: 4107 - EPI: South Wall Rack
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-29-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Polypodiineae
  • Family: Polypodiaceae
  • SubFamily: Platycerioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Ferns & Fern Allies

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1 November 2013).
  2. Platycerium bifurcatum. (2013, October 26). Wikispecies, . Retrieved 11:24, November 1, 2013
  3. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, 2013-07-01. Accessed on 2013-11-01

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:42:35 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Drynarioideae

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  • Aglaomorpha speciosa
  • Drynaria bonii

Subfamily Microsoroideae

  • Colysis hemionitidea
  • Goniophlebium subauriculatum
  • Lecanopteris luzonensis
  • Lecanopteris sarcopus
  • Lemmaphyllum microphyllum
  • Lemmaphyllum microphyllum
  • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps"
  • Microsorum scandens
  • Microsorum sp.
  • Microsorum steerei
  • Microsorum unidentified
  • Neolepisorus ovatus

Subfamily Platycerioideae

  • Platycerium alcicorne W/C
  • Platycerium alcicorne W/C
  • Platycerium andinum
  • Platycerium bifurcatum
  • Platycerium coronarium
  • Platycerium grande
  • Platycerium madagascariense
  • Platycerium quadridichotomum
  • Platycerium stemaria
  • Platycerium veitchii
  • Pyrrosia lingua
  • Pyrrosia lingua 'Hiryu'
  • Pyrrosia polydactylis

Subfamily Polypodioideae

  • Polypodiodes formosana

Subfamily Polypodioideae
Tribe non-grammitid ferns

  • Campyloneurum phyllitidis
  • Microgramma lycopodioides
  • Microgramma nitida
  • Phlebodium aureum
  • Serpocaulon meniscifolium W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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