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Taxon: Ulmus crassifolia Nutt.

Genus: Ulmus subgenus: Oreoptelea section: Trichoptelea
Family: Ulmaceae.
Nomen number: 40826
Place of publication: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. ser. 2, 5:169. 1835
Name verified on: 06-May-2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-May-2009
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

  • basket elm   (Source: Wiegrefe, p.c.) – English
  • cedar elm   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • southern rock elm   (Source: Wiegrefe, p.c.) – English

Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Wiegrefe, pers. comm. 1997)
  • Materials: wood   (fide AH 519)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1978. Important forest trees of the United States. (AH 519)
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US)
  • Todzia, C. A. & J. L. Panero. 1998. A new species of Ulmus (Ulmaceae) from southern Mexico and a synopsis of the species in Mexico. Brittonia 50:346.
  • Wiegrefe, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. common names].
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Check other databases for Ulmus crassifolia Nutt.:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Ulmus crassifolia cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?40826 (09 February 2010)

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