Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Species:
U. changii
Variety:
U. c. var. kunmingensis
Trinomial name
Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis
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

  1. ^ Cheng, W.C. (1963). Sci. Silv. Sin. 8(1): 12.
  2. ^ Cheng, W. C. & Fu, L. K. (1979). Acta. Phyotax. Sin., 17(1): 49, 1979
  3. ^ 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]

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