''Platycerium veitchii'', called the silver elkhorn fern or the silver staghorn fern, is a species of

fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...

in the family ''

Polypodiaceae Polypodiaceae is a family of ferns. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), the family includes around 65 genera and an estimated 1,650 species and is placed in the order Polypodiales, suborder Polypodiineae. A broader ...

'', native to Queensland. It has gained the

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as an ornamental.

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veitchii Flora of Queensland Ferns of Australia Plants described in 1906 {{Polypodiaceae-stub