Pitteurs (elm cultivar)
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Pitteurs is probably one of a number of cultivars arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. First identified by Morren as l'orme Pitteurs in Jour. Agric. Prat. Belg.: 114 1848 and later in Belg. Hort. 2: 133, 1852. Described as a tall tree, chiefly distinguished by its huge, rounded, convex leaves, < 20 cm long by < 19 cm broad, a little attenuate at the apex and with prominent venation. Reputedly originated in the Pitteurs Estate, St. Trond, near Liege, Belgium.
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[edit] Arboreta etc. accessions
None known.
[edit] Nurseries
None known.
[edit] Synonymy
- l'Orme gras
- ?l'Orme St. Trond
- Ulmus campestris latifolia, foliis rotundata: Morren, Jour. Agric. Prat. Belg. 4: 509, 511, 1851.
- Ulmus campestris var pitteursii: Wesmael in Bull. Fed. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1862: 382, 1863.
- Ulmus scabra macrophylla Hort.: Dieck (Zoschen, Germany), Haupt-Cat, 1885 p. 82.
[edit] References
- Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication, Edinburgh. [1]
- Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [2]
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