We found 1 definitions of genus platycerium from 1 different sources.
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genus platycerium - often epiphytic tropical Old World ferns | ||
Platycerium, genus Platycerium | ||
fern genus genera of ferns and fern allies | ||
family polypodiaceae, polypodiaceae ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae) | ||
staghorn fern any of various tropical ferns of the genus Platycerium having large flat lobed fronds often resembling the antlers of a stag |