Ulmus minor 'Laciniata'

Ulmus minor
Cultivar 'Laciniata'
Origin Europe

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Laciniata' was listed by Wesmael 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 35 cm long.[1]

Cultivation

Probably extinct; a specimen at the Ryston Hall , 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.
  2. Ryston Hall Arboretum catalogue, circa 1920
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