- Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis
Taxobox
status = LC
name = "Ulmus changii" var. "kunmingensis"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo =Rosales
familia =Ulmaceae
genus = "Ulmus "
species = "Ulmus changii "
trinomial = "Ulmus changii" var. "kunmingensis"
trinomial_authority = W. C. Cheng
synonyms ="Ulmus kunmingensis" W.C.Cheng [Cheng, W.C. (1963). "Sci. Silv. Sin." 8(1): 12.]"Ulmus changii" var. "kunmingensis" W. C. Cheng [http://www.plant.ac.cn/dan_tu/8/6857.htm] , occasionally referred to as the
Kunming Elm , is endemic to montane forests at elevations of between 600 m and 1800 m in the provinces ofGuangxi ,Guizhou ,Sichuan , andYunnan .Description
The variety is distinguished by "branchlets occasionally with swelling and irregularly longitudinally fissured corky layers. Leaf blade abaxially with tufted hairs in the axil of the veins. Flowers on mixed buds, scattered in basal or sub-basal bract axils of young branches. Fl. and fr. same as for autonym variety but slightly earlier in season" Cheng, W. C. & Fu, L. K. (1979). "Acta. Phyotax. Sin.", 17(1): 49,
1979 ] Fu, L., Xin, Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) "Flora of China", Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. ISBN-10: 1930723407 [http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF05/Ulmus.pdf] ] .Pests and diseases
No information available.
Cultivation
The tree is not known to be in cultivation beyond
China .References
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