Ulmus microcarpa

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Ulmus microcarpa
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Species: U. microcarpa
Binomial name
Ulmus microcarpa
L. K. Fu

Ulmus microcarpa L. K. Fu remains one of the most obscure and least-known of the Chinese elms. It is endemic only to the broadleaved forests of the south-eastern corner of Xizang Province (formerly Tibet) at altitudes of around 2800 m. It makes a fairly large tree, < 30 m in height, with oblong to elliptic leaves up to 17 cm long and 8 cm broad. As its specific name implies, the suborbicular samarae are small, < 8 mm across. [1]. The species is not known to be in cultivation outside China.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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]