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Accession Data:

Platycerium andinum Bak.

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

  • Country of Origin: Bolivia & Peru
  • Habitat: eastern slope of Andes - pockets of dry forest

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900083
  • Source: Matt Opel - spore sown 5/98
  • Accession Date: 07-21-1999
  • Bench: 6901 - Array 1, Tank 1
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-06-2024

Classification:

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

References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology

References (external):

data regenerated on Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:36:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Polypodiaceae

  • Pseudodrynaria coronans

Subfamily Drynarioideae

  • Aglaomorpha meyeniana
  • 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
  • Platycerium wandae
  • 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
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= accession added within past 90 days
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