Ulmus 'Myrtifolia'

Ulmus 'Myrtifolia'
Ulmus
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Cultivar 'Myrtifolia'
Origin England?

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Myrtifolia' was identified by Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 135, 1896 but without description. It was later listed as a cultivar by Rehder in Jour. Arnold Arb. 20: 87 1939, and by Krüssmann in Handb. Laubgeh. 2: 540, 1962.

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Description

'Myrtifolia' was described as having leaves ovate or rhombic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 2 to 5 cm long with nearly simple teeth, loosely pilose on both sides. The specimen under this name in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was considered by Melville to be probably either Ulmus carpinifolia (: minor) × plotii or Ulmus × hollandica [1].

Cultivation

The tree is not known to remain in cultivation.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris (: minor) var. myrtifolia Hort.: Nicholson, in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 135, 1896.
  • Ulmus buxifolia Hort.: Nicholson, Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 135, 1896, in synonymy.

References

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

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