Ulmus × hollandica 'Muscaviensis'

The hybrid elm cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Muscaviensis' was listed by Schneider in Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde 1:219, 1904 as U. dippeliana f. muscaviensis.[1] The name 'Muscaviensis' refers to its origin in Muskau Arboretum (Arboretum Muscaviense),[2] where Eduard Petzold raised elms in the late 19th century.

Ulmus × hollandica 'Muscaviensis'
Leaf-drawing of 'Muscaviensis'[1]
Hybrid parentageU. glabra × U. minor
Cultivar'Muscaviensis'
OriginEurope

Description

The tree was described as being larger than U. glabra viminalis (: Ulmus × viminalis Lodd.), with leaves measuring < 9 cm long by < 5 cm broad.[3]

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive, but hybrids cultivars of this group, if propagated vegetatively, can persist through sucker regrowth.

Synonymy

References

  1. Schneider, Camillo Karl (1906). Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde. Vol. 1. Jena G. Fischer. p. 219.
  2. Petzold; Kirchner (1864). Arboretum Muscaviense. p. 11.
  3. Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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