Ulmus 'Densa'

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Ulmus 'Densa'
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'Densa'
Genus Ulmus
Cultivar 'Densa'
OriginC. Asia

The elm cultivar UlmusDensa was described from specimens growing near Ashkabad as U. densaLitv. in Schedae ad Herbarium Florae Rossicae (1908). [1] Litvinov, reporting it growing wild in the mountains of Turkestan, Ferghana, and Aksu, as well as in cultivation, considered it a species, a view upheld by the Soviet publications Trees and Shrubs in the USSR (1951) [2] and Flora of Armenia (1962), [3] and by some current plant lists. [4] [5] [note 1] Other authorities take it to be a form of U minor, distinctive only in its dense crown and upright branching. [6] [7] [8] The Moscow State University herbarium gives (2020) Ulmus minor as the "accepted name" of U. densaLitv.. [9] [10]

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Litvinov considered U. minor 'Umbraculifera', with its "denser crown and more rounded form", a cultivar of U. densa, [6] calling it U. densa var. bubyriana. Rehder (1949) and Green (1964), ignoring reports of the wild form, considered U. densa a synonym of 'Umbraculifera'. [11] [12] The U. densa photographed by Meyer in Aksu, Chinese Turkestan on his 1911-12 expedition does not appear to be the tidy grafted cultivar 'Umbraculifera' and was said to be named 'Seda'. [13] [14] Zielińksi in Flora Iranica (1979) considered 'Umbraculifera' an U. minor cultivar. [15]

In its natural range U. densa overlaps with U. pumila. The extent of hybridization between the two is not known.

Description

Litvinov noted that the tree "differed little from U. glabraMill." [:U. minor] [16] except in its erect branches and dense oblong crown. [17] The leaves were "generally smaller" [18] and the branches "smooth and lighter in colour". As with the hybrid U. × androssowii, its compact branch structure helps the tree conserve moisture. [19]

Pests and diseases

Not known.

Cultivation

Litvinov said that U. densa was "widely cultivated" in gardens in Turkestan. It is one of a number of elms known locally as 'karagach' or 'karagatch' [:'black tree' = elm]. [20] [21] [22] In western Europe U. densaLitv. was distributed by Hesse's Nurseries, Weener, Germany, in the 1930s. [23]

Notable trees

Ulmus densa on 2011 Azerbaijan stamp Stamp of Azerbaijan - 2011 - Colnect 911341 - Elm - Ulmus - Densa.jpeg
Ulmus densa on 2011 Azerbaijan stamp

A large, well-grown specimen stands in Dushanbe Botanic Gardens, Tajikistan (2019). [24] [25]

Cultivars

These include one of the oldest of elm cultivars, 'Umbraculifera', and a number of elms introduced to the West by the Späth nursery of Berlin.

Meyer (1912) identified three cultivars of U. densa: 'Stamboul', 'Kitaisky' and 'Seda'. [26] [14]

Hybrid cultivars

The tree, or its cultivar form 'Umbraculifera', has hybridised with U. pumila to produce U. × androssowii.

Accessions

None known.

Notes

  1. ↑ Ulmus densa was one of two elm "species" determined by Litvinov; the second, his Ulmus celtidea, has not been accepted by other authorities (Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, vol.19, 1938; p.264).

References

  1. ↑ Schedae ad Herbarium Florae Rossicae, VI. 163-165 (1908)
  2. ↑ Sokolov, S. Ya (1951). Деревья и кустарники СССР [Trees & Shrubs in the USSR] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Moscow. pp. 504–505.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Takhtajan, Armen Leonovich (1962). Флора Армении[Flora of Armenia] (in Russian). Vol. 4. Yerevan. pp. 341–342.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ The Plant List: Ulmus densa Litv., accessdate: December 14, 2016
  5. ↑ Tropicos: Name - Ulmus densa Litv., accessdate: December 14, 2016
  6. 1 2 Elwes, Henry John; Henry, Augustine (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. 7. p. 1893.
  7. ↑ De Langhe, Jan (7 April 2016). Vegetative key to species European cultivation (Ulmaceae) (PDF). Ghent: Ghent University Botanical Garden. p. 5. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Plantarium: Ulmus densa - Галерея субтаксонов - Плантариум (in Russian), accessdate: December 18, 2016
  9. ↑ Moscow State University herbarium, Specimen MW0591858, plant.depo.msu.ru
  10. ↑ Moscow State University herbarium, Specimen MW0591857, plant.depo.msu.ru
  11. ↑ Alfred Rehder (1949). "Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs hardy in the cooler temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere". Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. p. 142.
  12. ↑ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. 24 (6–8). Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University: 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  13. ↑ Meyer's photograph (5675) of Ulmus densa Turkestan Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine . Aksu, Turkestan. February 1911
  14. 1 2 Meyer's photograph (5676) of Ulmus densa Turkestan Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine . Aksu, Turkestan. February 1911
  15. ↑ J. Zielińksi, 'Ulmaceae', Flora Iranica, ed. K. H. Rechinger (Graz, 1979)
  16. ↑ Specimen MW0591858 "Moscow State University herbarium" Sheet labelled "type specimen", U. densa; samarae and new leaves (1896)
  17. ↑ Photograph captioned U. densa, uses.plantnet-project.org
  18. ↑ "Specimen - P06881058". Collection: Vascular plants (P). Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). Sheet labelled Ulmus densaLitv.; USSR, 1955; "Herbarium specimen - E00405655". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet labelled Ulmus densaLitv.; specimen from Kazvin, Iran (1948); "Herbarium specimen - E00405656". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet labelled Ulmus densaLitv.; specimen from Iraq (1957); "Herbarium specimen - E00034376". Herbarium Catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Sheet labelled Ulmus densaLitv.; samara specimen from Isfahan, Iran (1948); "Specimen - P05538970". Collection: Vascular plants (P). Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France). (top left-hand specimen) Field elm leaves from Kurrum valley, Afghanistan (1879)
  19. ↑ World Digital Library: Elm Trees. Samarkand, accessdate: December 18, 2016
  20. ↑ Rickmers, W. Rickmer, The Duab of Turkestan, a physiographic sketch and account of some travels (Cambridge, 1913), p.172
  21. ↑ Lansdell, Henry, Through Central Asia (London, 1887), p.464
  22. ↑ Voeikov, Aleksandr Ivanovich, Le Turkestan Russe (Paris, 1914), p.68
  23. ↑ Hesse, Hermann Albert (1932). Preis- und Sortenliste. pp. 96–97. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  24. ↑ U. minor / Ulmus densaLitv. www.plantarium.ru
  25. ↑ Google Maps: Dushanbe Botanic Gardens - Google Maps (May 2019), accessdate: August 21, 2019
  26. ↑ Meyer, F. N. (1912). Seeds and plants imported during the period from January 1 to March 31, 1912: Inventory No.30, Nos 32829–32831. Bureau of Plant Industry - Bulletin No. 282. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1913.
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