Ulmus minor 'Microphylla Pendula'

Ulmus minor
Cultivar 'Microphylla Pendula'
Origin Europe

The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Microphylla Pendula' was first listed by Kirchner, in Petzold& Kirchner Arboretum Muscaviense 561, 1864, as Ulmus microphylla pendula Hort..[1] A tree growing under that name at Kew was classed as a nothomorph of Ulmus minor 'Sarniensis' by Melville.[2]

Description

Not available.

Cultivation

Only one specimen is known to survive, at the RBG Wakehurst Place, where it is cultivated as a hedging plant to keep it free from the attentions of the Scolytus beetles which act as vectors of Dutch elm disease.

Synonymy

Accessions

Europe

Nurseries

None known.

References

  1. ↑ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus" (PDF). Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Melville, R. (1978). On the discrimination of species in hybrid swarms with special reference to Ulmus and the nomenclature of U. minor (Mill.) and U. carpinifolia (Gled.). Taxon 27: 345-351.



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