Platycerium bifurcatum

Platycerium bifurcatum
Cultivated specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Platycerium
Species:
P. bifurcatum
Binomial name
Platycerium bifurcatum
Synonyms
  • Alcicornium bifurcatum (Cav.) Underw. (1905)
  • Platycerium bifurcatum var. normale Domin (1915)
  • Acrostichum bifurcatum Cav. (1799)

Platycerium bifurcatum, commonly known as the elkhorn fern or staghorn fern, is a species of plant in the fern family Polypodiaceae native to Java, New Guinea, New South Wales, Queensland and Lord Howe Island.