Biology:Ulmus minor 'Amplifolia'

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Short description: Elm cultivar


Ulmus minor 'Amplifolia'
SpeciesUlmus minor
Cultivar'Amplifolia'
OriginGermany

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Amplifolia' was first described (as U. foliacaea var. amplifolia) in 1932,[1] and sourced from Hesse's Nurseries, Weener, Germany as U. alba Waldst. et Kit.[2]

Description

The tree was said to have very short internodes with crowded leaves.[3][4]

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

References

  1. Mededeeling, Comite inzake Bestudeering en Bestrijding van de Iepenziekte. 10. 1932. p. 9. 
  2. Went, Johanna (1938). Mededeeling, Comite inzake Bestudeering en Bestrijding van de Iepenziekte. 29. p. 4. 
  3. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia (Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University) 24 (6–8): 41–80. https://archive.org/stream/arnoldiaarno_21#page/40/mode/2up/. Retrieved 16 February 2017. 
  4. "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1911575". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/WAG.1911575.  Formerly called U. campestris amplifolia, Den Haag, 1954; "Herbarium specimen - L.1581953". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/L.1581953.  Formerly called U. campestris amplifolia, Den Haag, 1954; "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1852689". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/WAG.1852689.  Formerly called U. foliacea 'Amplifolia', Wageningen Arboretum, 1962