Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba'
Encyclopedia
Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba' is one of a number of hybrids arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm
U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm
U. minor. First mentioned by Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728 & Kirchner 559, 1864, as U. fulva Hort. var. alba, but without description.
was identified by Melville
http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=132712 as a rather broad-leafed form of U. × hollandica var vegeta (sensu Rehder
) .
Wych Elm
Ulmus glabra, the Wych elm or Scots elm, has the widest range of the European elm species, from Ireland eastwards to the Urals, and from the Arctic Circle south to the mountains of the Peloponnese in Greece; it is also found in Iran...
U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm
Field Elm
Ulmus minor Mill., the Field Elm, is by far the most polymorphic of the European species, although its taxonomy remains a matter of contention. Its natural range is predominantly south European, extending to Asia Minor; its northern outposts are the Baltic islands of Öland and Gotland, although it...
U. minor. First mentioned by Kirchnerhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102729, in Petzoldhttp://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=102728 & Kirchner 559, 1864, as U. fulva Hort. var. alba, but without description.
Description
A specimen in the Herb. Nicholson at KewKew
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 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...
http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=132712 as a rather broad-leafed form of U. × hollandica var vegeta (sensu Rehder
Rehder
Rehder is a surname* Alfred Rehder , German horticulturist* Elke Rehder , German artist* Heinrich Rehder , German athlete...
) .
Accessions
Europe- Brighton & HoveBrighton & HoveBrighton and Hove is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside resort.In 1997 Brighton and Hove were joined to form the unitary authority of Brighton and Hove, which was granted city status by Queen Elizabeth II as part of the millennium...
City Council, UK, NCCPG elm collection http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1108042. One possible tree stands near Cranbrook flats on the Grove Hill Estate. The specimen tree had huge 'Vegeta' leaves in 2010.