''Ulmus laevis'' 'Aureovariegata'

Ulmus laevis 'Aureovariegata'
Species Ulmus laevis
Cultivar 'Aureovariegata'
Origin Europe

The European White Elm cultivar Ulmus laevis 'Aureovariegata' (also 'Aureo-variegata'[1]) was mentioned in 1903 as U. effusa (: laevis) f. aureovariegata, but without description.[1][2] An U. effusa (: laevis) variegata was grown at the Munich Botanic Garden in 1829.[3]

Description

Henry briefly described the tree as having "leaves spotted with yellow".[4]

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. Beissner, L; Schelle, E; Zabel, H (1903). Handbuch der Laubholz-Benennung. p. 87.
  3. von Paula Schrank, Franz; von Martius, Karl Friedrich Philipp (1829). Hortus Regius Monacensis. Verzeichniss der im Königlichen botanischen Garten zu München. Munich: In Commission bei F . Fleischer. p. 49.
  4. Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. 7. p. 1853.
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