Editing Platycerium (section)

{{Short description|Genus of ferns}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Platycerium bifurcatum.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Platycerium bifurcatum]]'' from the [[Australian National Botanical Gardens]], [[Canberra]]
| taxon = Platycerium
| authority = [[Nicaise Auguste Desvaux|Desv.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Platycerium andinum]]''
*''[[Platycerium alcicorne]]''
*''[[Platycerium bifurcatum]]''
*''[[Platycerium coronarium]]''
*''[[Platycerium elephantotis]]''
*''[[Platycerium ellisii]]''
*''[[Platycerium grande]]''
*''[[Platycerium hillii]]''
*''[[Platycerium holttumii]]''
*''[[Platycerium madagascariense]]''
*''[[Platycerium quadridichotomum]]''
*''[[Platycerium ridleyi]]''
*''[[Platycerium stemaria]]''
*''[[Platycerium superbum]]''
*''[[Platycerium veitchii]]''
*''[[Platycerium wallichii]]''
*''[[Platycerium wandae]]''
*''[[Platycerium willinkii]]''
}}

'''''Platycerium''''' is a genus of about 18 [[fern]] species in the polypod family, [[Polypodiaceae]]. Ferns in this genus are widely known as '''staghorn''' or '''elkhorn ferns''' due to their uniquely shaped [[frond]]s. This genus is [[Epiphyte|epiphytic]] and is native to [[tropical]] and temperate areas of [[South America]], [[Africa]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Australia]], and [[New Guinea]].<ref>{{Cite book | publisher = North-Holland | isbn = 0444855696 | last = Hennipman | first = E. | title = A monograph of the fern genus Platycerium (Polypodiaceae) | location = Amsterdam; New York | series = Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Natuurkunde. Tweede reeks | date = 1982 }}</ref>