Atropurpurea (elm cultivar)

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Ulmus glabra Atropurpurea foliage, tree in Saunder's Park, Brighton, UK

The Wych Elm U. glabra cultivar Atropurpurea has folded, dark-purple leaves, and is probably synonymous with Purpurea. The tree was raised from seed at Spath's Nursery, (Berlin, Germany) circa 1881 as U. montana (: glabra) atropurpurea, but was later classed as a cultivar by Boom in Ned. Dendr. 1: 157, 1959.

1 Arboreta etc. accessions
- 1.1 North America
- 1.2 Europe
2 Nurseries
3 Synonymy
4 References

[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions

[edit] North America

None known.

[edit] Europe

Brighton & Hove City Council, UK, NCCPG elm collection [1]. The largest of the trees at Brighton is also the National Champion for the British Isles; it stands in school grounds in Hove.
Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place, UK, acc. no. 1896-1411.

[edit] Nurseries

None known.

[edit] Synonymy

None.

[edit] References

Bean, W. J. (1981). Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, 7th edition. Murray, London.
Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication, Edinburgh. [2]
Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [3]