Platycerium holttumii Hennipman & Joncheere

English: Holttum's staghorn

Kingdom: Plantae (2728)

  Phylum: Pteridophyta (44)

    Class: Polypodiopsida (39)

      Order: Polypodiales (37)

        Family: Polypodiaceae (8)

          Genus: Platycerium (2)

            Epithet: holttumii Hennipman & Joncheere (1)

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

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

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• [29] Piggott, A. G. (1988): Ferns of Malaysia in Colour. Tropical Press Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.