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The Smooth-leaved Elm Ulmus minor subsp. minor cultivar 'Latifolia' was described in the Audibert [2] (Tonelle, Tarascon, France) Catalogue of 1817, page 23, as having broader leaves than the species which expand very early in the spring. The tree is reputed to have originated circa 1750 in or around Mechelen, and widely planted throughout Belgium; considered "possibly the same as 'Belgica' (Belgian Elm)" by Green [1]. 'Latifolia' was known to have been marketed (as U. montana latifolia) in Poland in the 19th century by the Ulrich nursery [2], Warsaw, and may still survive in Eastern Europe; it is not known to have been introduced to North America or Australasia.
[edit] Synonymy
- Orme de Malines: Gillekens [3], Elem. Arb. Forest. 38, 1891.
[edit] References
- ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
- ^ Ulrich, C. (1894), Katalog Drzew i Krezewow, C. Ulrich, Rok 1893-94, Warszawa
