Native records: 2 botanical areas
New South Wales, 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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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
- New South WalesNative
- QueenslandNative
United States Minor Outlying Islands
- HawaiiIntroduced
United States of America
- HawaiiIntroduced
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
- Cfa Temperate, no dry season, hot summer
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Cfb Temperate, no dry season, warm summer
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
The same climate occurs in 159 areas worldwide, 156 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
Regal Elkhorn、staghorn fern、Staghorn fern
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Platycerium
Other species in Platycerium
- Platycerium elephantotisAngola staghorn fern
- Platycerium ellisii
- Platycerium grande
- Platycerium hilliiElkhorn fern
- Platycerium holttumii
- Platycerium madagascariense
- Platycerium quadridichotomum
- Platycerium ridleyiRidley's staghorn fern
- Platycerium stemariatriangle staghorn fern
- Platycerium veitchiisilver elkhorn
- Platycerium wallichii
- Platycerium wandaeQueen staghorn fern
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Australia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States Minor Outlying Islands · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
United States of America · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open source