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Ulmus bergmanniana var. lasiophylla

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Ulmaceae

Species
  
Ulmus bergmanniana

Order
  
Rosales

Genus
  
Ulmus

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Variety

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Ulmus bergmanniana var. bergmanniana

Ulmus bergmanniana var. lasiophylla is endemic to China, on mountain slopes at elevations of 2100–2900 m in Gansu, Shaanxi, north-west Sichuan, south-east Xizang (formerly Tibet), and north-west Yunnan.

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Description

The tree is distinguished by Fu (2002) as having "Leaf blade adaxially with densely curved pubescence. Flowers and fruits February - April".

Cultivation

Var. lasiophylla is cold hardy; in artificial freezing tests at the Morton Arboretum the LT50 (temp. at which 50% of tissues die) was found to be - 27.7 °C. There are no known cultivars of this taxon, nor is it known to be in commerce.

North America

  • Chicago Botanic Garden. No accession details; planted in West Collections Area.
  • Morton Arboretum. Acc. no. 45–95. Collected from the wild at an unrecorded site in China.
  • U S National Arboretum [2], Washington, D.C., United States. Acc. nos. 76218, 68978.

    • Europe

  • Grange Farm Arboretum [3], Sutton St James, Spalding, Lincs., UK. Acc. no. 1057.
  • Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland. Acc. no. 19933397. Wild collected in Kunming, China, by Gothenburg Expedition.

    • References

    Ulmus bergmanniana var. lasiophylla Wikipedia
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