Ulmus 'Marmorata'

*Ulmus* 'Marmorata'
Ulmus 'Marmorata'
Genus	Ulmus
Cultivar	'Marmorata'
Origin	Germany

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Marmorata' was identified by Dieck, Zöschen, Germany in Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg 1885 as Ulmus campestris marmorata. Considered "probably U. carpinifolia" (: minor) by Green.^[1]

Description[]

'Marmorata' was described as "beautifully variegated with white"; the original tree in Destedter Park, Cremlingen, Lower Saxony, was said to have produced massive variegated suckers.

Cultivation[]

No specimens are known to survive.

Synonymy[]

?Ulmus campestris f. fol. argento-marmoratis: Dippel, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, 2:25, 1892.

References[]

^ Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

External links[]

"Herbarium specimen - L.1590636". Botany catalogues. Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

[Green-1] Green, Peter Shaw (1964). "Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus". Arnoldia. Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 24 (6–8): 41–80. Retrieved 16 February 2017.

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