Ulmus_×_hollandica_'Etrusca'

<i>Ulmus</i> × <i>hollandica</i> 'Etrusca'

Ulmus × hollandica 'Etrusca'

Elm cultivar

The hybrid cultivar Ulmus × hollandica 'Etrusca' was first mentioned by Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 139. 1896, as U. montana (: glabra) var. etrusca, but without description. The tree at Kew,[1] judged by Henry to be "not distinct enough to deserve a special name",[2] was later identified as of hybrid origin, U. glabra × U. minor 'Plotii', by Melville.

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Description

The Kew specimen was a small tree with ascending branches.[2] Herbarium specimens show oval or near orbicular leaves (the latter with an abrupt, longish tip, without tapering), and a short petiole.[1]

Etymology

The tree was possibly named for its resemblance to Tuscan cypress. Melville photographed a mature, roughly conical elm at Bulby, Lincolnshire, labelling the photograph U. glabra × U. plotii [:U.minor 'Plotii'], but the tree is otherwise unconnected with 'Etrusca'.[3]

Cultivation

It is not known whether 'Etrusca' remains in cultivation.[4]

Synonymy

  • Ulmus montana (: glabra) var. etrusca: Nicholson in Kew Hand-List Trees & Shrubs 2: 139. 1896.

References

  1. [1]
    "Herbarium specimen 295090, herbariaunited.org" Sheet labelled Ulmus montana var. etrusca (Kew Gardens Specimen, 1909; A. Ley); "Herbarium specimen - WAG.1846700". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Sheet labelled U. glabra etrusca (Kew Gardens specimen)
  2. [2]
    Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 7. p. 1867.
  3. [3]
    plot-elms.co.uk/ Lincolnshire/Plot hybrids
  4. [4]
    Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
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