Ulmus minor 'Laciniata'

Ulmus minor sensu latissimo
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Cultivar 'Laciniata'
Origin Europe

The Ulmus minor sensu latissimo cultivar 'Laciniata' was listed by Wesmael [2] in Bull. Fed. Soc. Hort. Belg. 1862: 390 1863 as Ulmus campestris var. nuda subvar. microphylla laciniata Hort. Vilv..

Description

The tree was described as having laciniate leaves 3 cm to 5 cm long [1].

Cultivation

Probably extinct; a specimen at the Ryston Hall [3], Norfolk, arboretum, obtained from the Späth nursery in Berlin before 1914 [2], was killed by the earlier strain of Dutch elm disease prevalent in the 1930s.

References

  1. ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. [1]
  2. ^ Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920