Ulmus minor subsp. sarniensis 'Microphylla Pendula'
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The Guernsey Elm
Ulmus minor var. sarniensis forma 'Microphylla Pendula' was first listed by Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728& Kirchner Arb. Muscav. 561, 1864, as Ulmus microphylla pendula Hort. . A tree growing under that name at Kew
was identified as a nothomorph of Ulmus minor var. sarniensis by Melville
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beetles which act as vectors of Dutch elm disease
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Guernsey Elm
Ulmus minor subsp. sarniensis Stace , known variously as Guernsey Elm, Jersey Elm, Wheatley Elm, or Southampton Elm, once enjoyed much popularity in Britain, where it was widely cultivated for street planting...
Ulmus minor var. sarniensis forma 'Microphylla Pendula' was first listed by Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728& Kirchner Arb. Muscav. 561, 1864, as Ulmus microphylla pendula Hort. . A tree growing under that name at Kew
Kew
Kew is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London. Kew is best known for being the location of the Royal Botanic Gardens, now a World Heritage Site, which includes Kew Palace...
was identified as a nothomorph of Ulmus minor var. sarniensis by Melville
Ronald Melville
Ronald Melville was an English botanist, based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He is chiefly remembered for his wartime research into rosehips as a source of vitamin C, prompted by the epidemic of scurvy amongst children owing to the reduced importation of fresh fruit...
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Cultivation
Only one specimen is known to survive, at the RBG Wakehurst Place, where it is cultivated as a hedging plant to keep it free from the attentions of the ScolytusScolytus
Scolytus is a genus of bark beetles . It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests. The Dutch elm disease is spread in North America by two species : the native elm bark beetle, Hylurgopinus rufipes, and the European elm bark beetle, Scolytus multistriatus...
beetles which act as vectors of Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease
Dutch elm disease is a disease caused by a member of the sac fungi category, affecting elm trees which is spread by the elm bark beetle. Although believed to be originally native to Asia, the disease has been accidentally introduced into America and Europe, where it has devastated native...
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Synonymy
- Ulmus campestris var. gracilis monstrosa: Lavallée http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=100281, Arb. Segrez 235, 1877.
- Ulmus carpinifolia 'Microphylla Pendula': Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place.
Europe
- Royal Botanic Garden Wakehurst Place, UK, acc. no. 1973-21052 (listed as U. carpinifolia 'Microphylla Pendula')