Ulmus 'Planeroides'

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Planeroides' [:Planera-like elm] was described by Carrière in the Revue horticole, 1875.[1] It was considered "possibly Ulmus carpinifolia" [:U. minor ] by Green.[2]

Ulmus 'Planeroides'
Leaves of 'Planeroides'
GenusUlmus
Cultivar'Planeroides'
OriginFrance?

Not to be confused with Späth's U. montana viminalis which, though "also distributed under the name Planera aquatica",[3] has osier-like leaves, Planera being the old name for Zelkova, a close relative of elm with willow-like leaves.[4]

Description

The tree was described as having leaves like Planera aquatica.[2]

Pests and diseases

Most field elm clones are susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

Putative specimen

A pruned elm with Planera-like leaves, possibly the cultivar 'Planeroides', stands in Stanford Avenue, Brighton.[5]

  • Stanford Avenue tree
  • Same, April
  • Short-shoot foliage of same
  • Long-shoot foliage
  • Pressed leaves
  • Bark

References
  1. Revue horticole: journal d'horticulture practique, 1875, p.287, fig. 48 Revue horticole 1875: 287, fig. 48, 1875
  2. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. Katalog (PDF). 108. Berlin, Germany: L. Späth Baumschulenweg. 1902–1903. pp. 132–133.
  4. Gerald Wilkinson, Epitaph for the Elm (London, 1978), p.47
  5. 51 Stanford Avenue, Brighton (north tree), England.
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