Ulmus minor subsp. sarniensis 'Microphylla Pendula'

Ulmus minor subsp. sarniensis 'Microphylla Pendula'
Ulmus minor subsp. sarniensis
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Cultivar 'Microphylla Pendula'
Origin Europe

The Guernsey Elm Ulmus minor var. sarniensis forma 'Microphylla Pendula' was first listed by Kirchner[1], in Petzold[2]& Kirchner Arb. Muscav. 561, 1864, as Ulmus microphylla pendula Hort. [1]. A tree growing under that name at Kew was identified as a nothomorph of Ulmus minor var. sarniensis by Melville [2].

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Description

Not available.

Cultivation

Only one specimen is known to survive, at the RBG Wakehurst Place, where it is cultivated as a hedging plant to keep it free from the attentions of the Scolytus beetles which act as vectors of Dutch elm disease.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris var. gracilis monstrosa: Lavallée [3], Arb. Segrez 235, 1877.
  • Ulmus carpinifolia 'Microphylla Pendula': Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place.

Accessions

Europe

  • Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place, UK, acc. no. 1973-21052 (listed as U. carpinifolia 'Microphylla Pendula')

Nurseries

None known.

References

  1. ^ Green, P. S. (1964). Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia, Vol. 24. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University.
  2. ^ Melville, R. (1978). On the discrimination of species in hybrid swarms with special reference to Ulmus and the nomenclature of U. minor (Mill.) and U. carpinifolia (Gled.). Taxon 27: 345-351.


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