Platycerium veitchii

Platycerium veitchii, called the silver elkhorn fern or the silver staghorn fern, is a species of fern in the family Polypodiaceae, native to Queensland.^[1][2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.^[3]

Platycerium veitchii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Suborder:	Polypodiineae
Family:	Polypodiaceae
Genus:	Platycerium
Species:	P. veitchii
Binomial name
Platycerium veitchii (Underw.) C.Chr.
Synonyms[1]
Alcicornium veitchii Underw. Platycerium bifurcatum subsp. veitchii (Underw.) Hennipman & M.C.Roos