Ulmus glaucescens var. glaucescens

Ulmus glaucescens var. glaucescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Ulmaceae
Genus:	Ulmus
Species:	U. glaucescens; Franch.
Variety:	U. g. var. glaucescens
Trinomial name
	Ulmus glaucescens var. glaucescens;

Ulmus glaucescens var. glaucescens is a Chinese tree endemic to mountain slopes at elevations of 2000–2400 m in the provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, eastern Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Shanxi.

Description

The variety is distinguished by a "Samara glabrous except stigmatic surface pubescence in notch. Fl. and fr. March–May".^[1]

No information available.

The tree is very rare in cultivation beyond China.

Grange Farm Arboretum, Lincolnshire, UK. Two grafted trees from cuttings ex Morton. Acc. no. 1130.

^ Fu, L., Xin, Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China, Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. [1]