Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra

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Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Species: Ulmus macrocarpa
Trinomial name
Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra
Nie & Huang

Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra Nie & Huang is distinguished by a "leaf blade subelliptic, smooth, with tufted hairs in vein axil, base oblique, apex acuminate to narrowly acuminate. Samara smooth, glabrous, wings thin. Fl. Apr. - May, fr. May - Jun" [1]. The tree's natural range is restricted to mixed forest in the Chinese province of Heilongjang[1] [2].

The tree is not known to be in cultivation beyond China.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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]
  2. ^ Nie, S. Q. & Huang, K. Q. (1987). Bull. Bot. Res. (7)1: 153, 1987
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