Acer campestre 'Puncticulatum'
| Acer campestre 'Puncticulatum' | |
|---|---|
| Genus | Acer |
| Species | Acer campestre |
| Cultivar | 'Puncticulatum' |
| Origin | Germany |
Acer campestre 'Puncticulatum', or Weeping Speckled Field Maple, is a weeping tree and a cultivar of Acer campestre, the Field Maple. It was first described by Schwerin in 1893. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar.
Description
[edit]A weeping tree without a true leader and with pendulous branches forming an umbrella shape similar to A. campestre 'Pendulum' but with leaves speckled and blotched with white like the cultivar 'Pulverulentum'.
Accessions
[edit]This cultivar used to be cultivated in Germany and England. The last record, dating from 1925, was from a specimen cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Synonymy
[edit]- Acer campestre f. puncticulatum Schwer, (1893) [1]
- Acer campestre var. pendulum-foliis-variegatis G.Nicholson (1902).
- Acer campestre var. pendulum-variegatum G.Nicholson (1925).
- Acer campestre pendulum pulverulentum hort.
References
[edit]- ^ Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. Belgische Dendrologie Belge Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine 2009: 19-30.
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