Ulmus 'Rufa'

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Rufa' [:rufous-coloured] was listed as U. campestris f. rufa by Georg Dieck, of Zöschen, Germany, without description in Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg, Nachtrag I (1887),[1] though it had been in cultivation for some decades before this date.[2] It was considered "possibly Ulmus carpinifolia" (: Ulmus minor) by Green.[3]

Ulmus 'Rufa'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Rufa'
OriginEurope

Description

Not available. An 1834 Paris herbarium specimen shows near-orbicular leaves like those of English elm (see 'External links').

Cultivation

Ulmus rufa, 'European red elm', was marketed by Prince's nursery of Flushing, New York from the 1840s.[4] No specimens are known to survive.

References

  1. Dieck, G., Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg, Supplement 1, (Zöschen 1887), p.28
  2. science.mnhn., specimen P06880816]
  3. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. 'Prince's annual catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants ', William Prince & Co., Flushing, New York, 1842, p. 32
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