Taxonomy

Division:

Pteridophyta | - Ferns

Family:

Polypodiaceae

Genus:

Platycerium

Species:

Platycerium stemaria

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Epiphyte

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Western Indian Ocean: Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles