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Ulmus minor 'Albo Dentata'

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Cultivar
  
'Albo-Dentata'

Origin
  
France

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The Field Elm cultivar Ulmus minor 'Albo-Dentata' first featured in the Baudriller (Angers, France) nursery catalogue of 1880 as U. microphylla foliis albo-dentata.

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Description

Baudriller described the tree simply as a small-leafed elm with silver teeth. It was later described as a small tree, the leaves with white margins and spots.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive, the one known specimen in Latvia now acknowledged as probably another cultivar. The tree is not known to have ever been cultivated beyond Europe.

Synonymy

  • Ulmus campestris f. microphylla albo-dentata: Dippel [1], Hand. Laubh, 2:25, 1892.

    • Europe

  • Hortus Botanicus Nationalis, Salaspils, Latvia acc. no. 18143 (acknowledged as possibly U. minor 'Variegata')

    • References

    Ulmus minor 'Albo-Dentata' Wikipedia
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