staghorn fern
Noun
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Any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag (synset 113198427)
is a type of: fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by sporessubtypes:
- platycerium andinum, south american staghorn - fern of Peru and Bolivia
- common staghorn fern, elkhorn fern, platycerium alcicorne, platycerium bifurcatum - commonly cultivated fern of Australia and southeastern Asia and Polynesia
belongs to: genus platycerium, platycerium - often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns
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