Ulmus americana 'Pyramidata'

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Ulmus americana 'Pyramidata'
SpeciesUlmus americana
Cultivar'Pyramidata'
OriginBaudriller Nursery, Angers, France

The supposed American Elm cultivar Ulmus americana 'Pyramidata' was a Belgian clone listed by Wesmael[1] in Bulletin de la Fédération des sociétés d'horticulture de Belgique, 1862, as Ulmus Americana pyramidalis Hort. (with a capital "A").[2][3] It was marketed by the Baudriller nursery, Angers, France, and appeared in their catalogue of 1880 as U. Americana pyramidata.[4][3] Wesmael's Ulmus americana and Ulmus americana var. variegata, however, do not appear from herbarium specimens to have been American white elm (see Ulmus americana 'Variegata').[5][6] It is known that nurseries in Europe and America marketed the golden wych elm Ulmus glabra 'Lutescens' as Ulmus americana aurea,[7][8] so it is possible that Wesmael's Ulmus americana pyramidalis was similarly misnamed.

Description[edit]

The clone was pyramid-shaped.[9]

Cultivation[edit]

No specimens are known to survive.

Synonymy[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ kiki.huh.harvard.edu
  2. ^ Wesmael, Alfred, Bulletin de la Fédération des sociétés d'horticulture de Belgique 1862: (Ghent, 1863), p.387
  3. ^ a b Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ^ Baudriller Établissementd'Horticulture (1880). Catalogue général descriptif et raisonné des arbres fruitiers, forestiers & d'ornement cultivés dans l'établissement. Angers. p. 116.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ botanicalcollections.be, specimen BR0000010840726
  6. ^ botanicalcollections.be, specimen BR0000010840399
  7. ^ Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 7. p. 1868.
  8. ^ F. J., Fontaine (1968). "Ulmus". Dendroflora. 5: 37–55. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, spécimen P06883092" Two clones, labelled (left) U. exoniensis (misnamed "U. oxoniensis" in France in 19th C), (right) U. pyramidata (1863)