Biology:Ulmus 'Rotundifolia'
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Short description: Elm cultivar
| Ulmus 'Rotundifolia' | |
|---|---|
 Leaves of 'Rotundifolia' | |
| Genus | Ulmus |
| Cultivar | 'Rotundifolia' |
| Origin | France |
The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Rotundifolia' was raised from seed at the Jardin des plantes, Paris, and first described by Carrière in Revue Horticole, 1868, as Ulmus rotundifolia.[1] It was later listed by Mottet in Nicholson & Mottet, Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage (1898), as Ulmus campestris var.rotundifolia Hort..[2] It was considered "possibly Ulmus carpinifolia" (: minor) by Green.[3]
Description
The tree was described as having distinctive rounded, oval or suborbicular leaves, almost symmetrical at base, up to 12 cm long by 8 to 10 cm wide, and appearing furrowed or "bubbled" on the upper surface.[1][4]
Cultivation
No specimens are known to survive.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revue Horticole (Paris, 1868), p.374
- ↑ Mottet, Séraphin Joseph; Nicholson, George (1898). Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage. 5. p. 383. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6228838x/f421.image.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Herbarium specimen BR0000027730683V". Botanic Garden, Meise. Sheet labelled Ulmus montana var. rotundifolia (C. Aigret; 1903)
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