Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis

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Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Ulmaceae Genus: Ulmus Species: Ulmus changii
Trinomial name
Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis W. C. Cheng
Synonyms
Ulmus kunmingensis Cheng W. C.[1]

U. changii var. kunmingensis W. C. Cheng is distinguished by Fu et al. (2002) as having "branchlets occasionally with swelling and irregularly longitudinally fissured corky layers. Leaf blade abaxially with tufted hairs in the axil of the veins. Flowers on mixed buds, scattered in basal or sub-basal bract axils of young branches. Fl. and fr. same as for autonym variety but slightly earlier in season." The tree is endemic to montane forests at elevations of between 600 m and 1800 m in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan.

[edit] References

• Cheng, W. C. & Fu, L. K. (1979). Acta. Phyotax. Sin., 17(1): 49, 1979.
• Fu, L., Xin, Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China, Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. [1]