Ulmus glabra 'Australis'

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Ulmus glabra
Cultivar
'Australis'
Origin
Europe

Ulmus glabra 'Australis' is a little-known tree distinguished by its conspicuously and numerously veined leathery leaves [1]. Reputedly endemic to south-eastern France, Switzerland and Italy, it was treated as U. montana (: glabra) var. australis Hort. by Loudon, who described it as having "rather small leaves and a more pendulous habit".[2].

Augustine Henry describes lines of the trees along the Cours-la-Reine in Rouen planted in 1649 by the Duc de Longueville; several of which were still alive in 1912, having attained a height of about 28 m. Henry also mentions specimens growing in botanical gardens at Le Mans and Bordeaux, and others growing as far south as Spizza (now Sutomore) in Dalmatia (Montenegro) [3].

Some authorities have considered 'Australis' to be a variety of Ulmus procera or Ulmus minor, or even a variety of the Ulmus × hollandica hybrid.

'Australis' is not known to survive in cultivation.

[edit] Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris (: procera Salisb.) var. australis: Henry, in Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929.
  • Ulmus × hollandica 'Australis': Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs, ed. 4, p. 400, 1977, name in synonymy.
  • Ulmus minor 'Italica': Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs, ed. 4, p. 400, 1977, name in synonymy.
  • Ulmus montana (: glabra) var. australis Hort.: Loudon, Arb. Frut. Brit. 3: 1398 1838.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hilliers' Manual of Trees & Shrubs. (1977). David & Charles, Newton Abbot, UK.
  2. ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
  3. ^ Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848-1929. Private publication. [2]


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