Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aurea'

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Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aurea'
SpeciesUlmus glabra
Cultivar'Latifolia Aurea'
OriginEurope

The Wych Elm cultivar Ulmus glabra 'Latifolia Aurea' was listed by Schelle in Beissner et al, Handbuch der Laubholz-Benennung (1903), as Ulmus glabra Miller latifolia aurea, but without description.[1][2] In the Netherlands in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, however, Ulmus montana latifolia aurea was a synonym of the wych cultivar 'Lutescens',[3] and Green reclassified Schelle's 'Latifolia aurea' as a form of U. glabra Hudson.

Description[edit]

Not available, but the name suggests a broad leaf with a yellow coloration.

Cultivation[edit]

No specimens labelled 'Latifolia Aurea' are known to survive, though 'Lutescens' remains in cultivation.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beissner; Schelle; Zabel (1903). Handbuch der Laubholz-Benennung. Berlin: Verlagsbuchhandlung Paul Parey. p. 84.
  2. ^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ Ulmus latifolia aurea, bioportal.naturalis.nl, specimen L.1587120 Oudenbosch, 1924