Ulmus americana

Ulmus americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Species: Ulmus americana

Name

Ulmus americana L., Sp. Pl. 1: 226 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ulmus mollifolia Marshall, Arbust. Amer.: 156 (1785).
  • Ulmus americana var. alba Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 320 (1789).
    • Ulmus americana f. alba (Aiton) Fernald, Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
  • Ulmus americana var. pendula Aiton, Hort. Kew. 1: 320 (1789).
    • Ulmus americana f. pendula (Aiton) Fernald, Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
  • Ulmus alba Raf., Fl. Ludov.: 115 (1817).
  • Ulmus obovata Raf., New Fl. 3: 38 (1838).
  • Ulmus dentata Raf., New Fl. 3: 39 (1838).
  • Ulmus americana var. incisa Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1406 (1838).
  • Ulmus americana var. scabra Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 264 (1841).
  • Ulmus americana var. glabra Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 268 (1848).
  • Ulmus americana var. bartramii Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 10: 268 (1848).
  • Ulmus floridana Chapm., Fl. South. U.S.: 416 (1860).
    • Ulmus americana var. floridana (Chapm.) Little, Phytologia 4: 306 (1953).
  • Ulmus americana var. aspera Chapm., Fl. South. U.S.: 416 (1860).
  • Ulmus fulva pendula Meehan, Gard. & Forest 2: 286 (1889).
  • Ulmus americana var. aurea F.L.Temple ex Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1880 (1902).
  • Ulmus americana f. columnaris Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 42 (1922).
  • Ulmus americana f. ascendens A.D.Slavin, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 125 (1931).
  • Ulmus americana f. laevior Fernald, Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
  • Ulmus americana f. intercedens Fernald, Rhodora 47: 133 (1945).
  • Ulmus americana f. viridis F.Seym., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 48: 249 (1952).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho (introduced), Montana, Wyoming. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 226. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wiegrefe, S., Sytsma, K.J. & Guries, R.P. 1994. Phylogeny of Elms (Ulmus, Ulmaceae): Molecular Evidence for a Sectional Classification. Systematic Botany 19: 590–612. DOI: 10.2307/2419779 Reference page. 
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Gilman, A.V. 2015. New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1–614. ISBN 978-0-89327-516-7 Reference page. 
• Mohlenbrock, R.H. 2014. Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide. 4th ed., 536 pp. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Ill. ISBN 978-0-8093-3208-3. Reference page. 
• Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. 2011. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama. Sida Botanical Miscellany 36: 112 pp. Fort Worth: Botanical Reseach Institute of Texas. ISBN 978-1-889878-34-8 Reference page. 
• Jones, R.L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora. 833 pp. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2331-3. JSTOR . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ulmus americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ulmus americana. Published online. Accessed: 16 May 2020.

Vernacular names

English: American Elm
suomi: Valkojalava
français: Orme d'Amérique
Türkçe: Amerika karaağacı
українська: В'яз американський

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