Biology:Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis
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Short description: Variety of tree
Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Ulmaceae |
Genus: | Ulmus |
Species: | |
Variety: | U. c. var. kunmingensis
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Trinomial name | |
Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis W. C. Cheng
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Synonyms | |
Ulmus kunmingensis W.C.Cheng[1] |
Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis W. C. Cheng[2], occasionally referred to as the Kunming elm, is a Chinese tree endemic to montane forests at elevations of 600–1800 m in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan.
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".[2][3]
Pests and diseases
No information available.
Cultivation
The tree is not known to be in cultivation beyond China.
References
- ↑ Cheng, W.C. (1963). Sci. Silv. Sin. 8(1): 12.
- ↑ 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:1-930723-40-7 [1]
External links
- efloras.org U. changii var. kunmingensis leaves and fruit illustration
- efloras.org U. changii var. kunmingensis description
- Photographs labelled U. kunmingensis (sic) on Plant Photo Bank of China, ppbc.iplant
Wikidata ☰ Q7879429 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis.
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