| Ulmus ismaelis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Ulmaceae |
| Genus: | Ulmus |
| Species: | U. ismaelis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ulmus ismaelis Todzia & Panero sp. nov. |
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Ulmus ismaelis Todzia & Panero is a small tree recently discovered in southern Mexico, endemic to riparian forest along the Mixteco River system in northeastern Oaxaca, where it grows among large boulders in the limestone canyons.
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Rarely growing to > 15 m in height, the tree has exfoliating orangish bark. The ovate leaves are coriaceoeus, < 9.6 cm in length by 4.6 cm broad, acute at the apex, pinnately veined, on short (2-5 mm) petioles; the colour ranges from dull-green to light-brown. The apetalous flowers are arranged as short racemes on leafless twigs, sparsely clustered on < 7 mm peduncles.
The samarae are < 22 mm by 13 mm, tapering at the base to a < 4 mm stalk, and are shed during June and July [1].
No information available.
The tree is not known to be in cultivation.
Named for Mexican botanist and collector Dr Juan Ismael Calzada, who discovered the tree.