Ulmus 'Rotundifolia'

Ulmus 'Rotundifolia'
Leaves of 'Rotundifolia'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Rotundifolia'
OriginFrance

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. ^ a b Revue Horticole (Paris, 1868), p.374
  2. ^ Mottet, Séraphin Joseph; Nicholson, George (1898). Dictionnaire pratique d'horticulture et de jardinage. Vol. 5. p. 383.
  3. ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Herbarium specimen BR0000027730683V". Botanic Garden, Meise. Sheet labelled Ulmus montana var. rotundifolia (C. Aigret; 1903)