Biology:Ulmus 'Acutifolia'

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Short description: Elm cultivar


Ulmus 'Acutifolia'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Acutifolia'
OriginUK

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Acutifolia' was first described (as U. campestris acutifolia) by Masters [1] in Hortus Duroverni 66. 1831, and later by Mottet [2] in Nicholson [3] & Mottet, Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage 5: 383, 1898.[1]

Description

The tree has been described as having narrower leaves and branches more pendulous when mature.[2][3]

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris acutifolia: Masters, Hortus Duroverni 66. 1831, and Mottet in Nicholson & Mottet, Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage 5: 383, 1898.

References

  1. Mottet, Séraphin Joseph; Nicholson, George (1898). Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage. 5. p. 383. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6228838x/f421.image. 
  2. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia (Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University) 24 (6–8): 41–80. https://archive.org/stream/arnoldiaarno_21#page/40/mode/2up/. Retrieved 16 February 2017. 
  3. Browne, D. J. (1846). The Trees of America. Harper & Brothers, New York.