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Platycerium holttumii - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Singapore; 5/2000 © Jörn Germer

Platycerium holttumii - Lower surface of fertile frond - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of fertile frond; Singapore; 5/2000 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 686
Date of entry: 03.01.2008
Last update: 12.01.2020

Common name

English: Holttum's staghorn

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2624)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (43)

    Class: Polypodiopsida (35)

      Order: Polypodiales (31)

        Family: Polypodiaceae (7)

          Genus: Platycerium (2)

            Epithet: holttumii Hennipman & Joncheere (1)

holttumii => in honour of R.E. Holttum - director of Singapore Botanic Gardens 1925-1949

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

External links

Check for Platycerium holttumii at

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