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Platycerium

The genus Platycerium is in the family Polypodiaceae in the major group Pteridophytes (Ferns and fern allies).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Platycerium

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Platycerium alcicorne Desv. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium andinum Baker Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium angolense Welw. ex Hook. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium angustatum Desv. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium biforme Blume Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium biforme Hook. Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium bifurcatum (Cav.) C. Chr. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium coronarium (Mull.) Desv. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium × elemaria Hoshiz. & M.G.Price Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium ellisii Baker Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium grande J. Sm. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium hillii T. Moore Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium holttumii Joncheere & Hennipman Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium madagascariense Baker Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium × mentelosii Hoshiz. Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium platylobum Bidin & R.Jaman Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium quadridichotomum (Bonap.) Tardieu Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium ridleyi Christ Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium stemaria (P. Beauv.) Desv. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium superbum de Jonch. & Hennipman Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium vassei hort.; Rev. Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium veitchii C. Chr. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium velutinum C.Chr. Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium wallichii Hook. Accepted M TRO 2012-04-18
Platycerium wandae Racib. Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium wilhelminae Reginae v.A.v.R. Unresolved L IPNI
Platycerium willinckii T.Moore Unresolved L IPNI

Statistics

The Plant List includes 35 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Platycerium. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Platycerium. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 35 species names for the genus Platycerium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 9 25.7%
Synonym 8 22.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 18 51.4%

All names

The status of the 38 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Platycerium recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 9 23.7%
Synonym 11 28.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 18 47.4%

The confidence with which the status of the 35 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Platycerium, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 9 8 0 0 17 48.6%
Low confidence 0 0 0 18 18 51.4%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Platycerium is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
IPNI 0 0 0 12 0 12 34.3%
Tropicos 9 8 0 6 0 23 65.7%