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Platycerium hillii T.Moore

Elkhorn fern

Native records: 1 botanical areas

Queensland

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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.

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Photograph of Platycerium hillii

An epiphyte. Native to Australia.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

  • Australia

    • QueenslandNative

  • Indonesia

    • New GuineaIntroduced

  • Papua New Guinea

    • New GuineaIntroduced

Climate of the native range

The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.

  • BSh Arid, steppe, hot
  • BWh Arid, desert, hot
  • Aw Tropical, savannah

The same climate occurs in 95 areas worldwide, 94 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map

A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).

Other names

Elkhorn fern

Family
Polypodiaceae
Genus
Platycerium

Other species in Platycerium

Sources

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Australia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Indonesia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Papua New Guinea · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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