Ulmus wallichiana var. tomentosa

Ulmus wallichiana var. tomentosa

Taxobox
status = VU
name = "Ulmus wallichiana" var. "tomentosa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Ulmaceae
genus = "Ulmus"
species = "Ulmus wallichiana"
trinomial = "Ulmus wallichiana" var. "tomentosa"
trinomial_authority = Melville & Heybroek

"Ulmus wallichiana" var. "tomentosa" Melville & Heybroek was identified by Melville and Heybroek during their expedition to the Himalaya in 1960.

Deswcription

The tree is very similar to "Ulmus wallichiana" subsp. "wallichiana", but distinguished by young stems and lower surfaces of leaves densely white-tomentose; the samarae are uniformly hirsute.

Pests and diseases

The tree has a high resistance to the fungus "Ophiostoma himal-ulmi" endemic to the Himalaya and the cause of Dutch elm disease there.

Cultivation

The tree is not known to be in cultivation in the West.

References

*Melville, R. & Heybroek, H. (1971). Elms of the Himalaya. "Kew Bulletin, Vol. 26 (1)". Kew, London.


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