Ulmus 'Planeroides' Explained

Ulmus 'Planeroides'
Cultivar:	'Planeroides'
Genus:	Ulmus
Origin:	France?

The elm cultivar Ulmus 'Planeroides' [:''[[Planera]]-like elm] was described by Carrière in the Revue horticole, 1875.^[1] It was considered "possibly Ulmus carpinifolia" [:''U. minor'' ] by Green.^[2]

Not to be confused with Späth's U. montana viminalis which, though "also distributed under the name Planera aquatica",^[3] has osier-like leaves, Planera being the old name for Zelkova, a close relative of elm with willow-like leaves.^[4]

Description

The tree was described as having leaves like Planera aquatica.^[2]

Pests and diseases

Most field elm clones are susceptible to Dutch elm disease.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

Putative specimen

A pruned elm with Planera-like leaves, possibly the cultivar 'Planeroides', stands in Stanford Avenue, Brighton.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Revue horticole: journal d'horticulture practique, 1875, p.287, fig. 48 Revue horticole 1875: 287, fig. 48, 1875
2. Green . Peter Shaw . Peter Shaw Green . 1964 . Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus. Arnoldia . 24. 41–80 . 6–8 . . 16 February 2017.
3. Book: 1902–1903. Katalog. L. Späth Baumschulenweg. Berlin, Germany. 108. 132–133.
4. Gerald Wilkinson, Epitaph for the Elm (London, 1978), p.47
5. 51 Stanford Avenue, Brighton (north tree), England.