Ulmus 'Rufa'

Ulmus 'Rufa'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Rufa'
OriginEurope

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]

Description

Not available. An 1834 Paris herbarium specimen shows near-orbicular leaves like those of English elm.[2]

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. ^ a b "Specimen - P06880816". Collection: Vascular plants (P). Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). Sheet labelled Ulmus rufa, Hort. Bot. Parisiensis (1834)
  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. ^ 'Prince's annual catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants ', William Prince & Co., Flushing, New York, 1842, p. 32