Ulmus lanceifolia

Species of tree

Ulmus lanceifolia

U. lanceifolia foliage,

Grange Farm Arboretum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Ulmaceae
Genus:  | Ulmus
Subgenus:  | U. subg. Ulmus
Section:  | U. sect. Lanceifolia
Species:  |

U. lanceifolia

Binomial name
Ulmus lanceifolia

Roxb.[1]

Synonyms[1]

* Ulmus hookeriana Planch.
* Ulmus lancifolia Roxburgh
* Ulmus tonkinensis Gagnep.

Ulmus lanceifolia, occasionally known as the Vietnam elm, is a very large tree endemic to a wide area of southern Asia. Its range extends southeast and eastwards from Darjeeling in the Himalaya, through Bangladesh, southern China, Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and on discontinuously into Indonesia, straddling the Equator in Sumatra and Celebes.

## Description

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Ulmus lanceifolia can reach a maximum height of 45 m, placing it on a par with the English Elm, but with pendulous branches; the bark of the trunk exfoliates in thin scales. The leaves, borne on wing-less branchlets, are narrow, generally lanceolate, < 10 × 3.5 cm, and thick.[2] Schneider's leaf-drawing (1907) shows some 16 vein-pairs.[3] The tree is deciduous in the north of its range, where it can occur at altitudes of up to 2500 m, but evergreen in the tropics. Given the latitudinal range, there is inevitably a substantial variation in its flowering time, beginning in October in the north, but advancing to February–March in the south. The obovate samarae are 12–30 mm long by 11–24 mm broad.[4][5] Ploidy: 2n = 28.[6]

* U. lanceifolia foliage, Grange Farm Arboretum

* U. lanceifolia juvenile tree, Grange Farm Arboretum

## Pests and diseases

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U. lanceifolia was found to be among the least suitable elms for feeding and reproduction by the adult elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola [7] and feeding by the Japanese Beetle Popillia japonica [8] in the United States.

## Cultivation

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Not cold-hardy, the species is very rare in cultivation; specimens introduced to the Netherlands from the Himalaya by Heybroek in the 1960s all perished.[9]

## Accessions

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'Pallas Athena' by Igor Andreevich Ioganson (1986), Vietnam elm

### Europe

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* Grange Farm Arboretum, Lincolnshire, UK. Saplings grown from seed sent in 2013 by Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, southern Yunnan, China. Acc. no. not known.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Ulmus lanceifolia Roxb." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
2. ^ "Ulmus lanceifolia (1867) K000852690". Herbarium catalogue. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 October 2016.; "Ulmus lanceifolia K000852691". Herbarium catalogue. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 October 2016.; "Ulmus lanceifolia K000852692". Herbarium catalogue. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
3. ^ U. lanceifolia leaf-drawing in Schneider, Camillo Karl, Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde (Jena, 1907), p.903-904
4. ^ Fu, L., Xin, Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China, Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. [1]
5. ^ Melville, R. & Heybroek, H. M. (1971). The Elms of the Himalaya. Kew Bulletin Vol. 26 (1). Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, London.
6. ^ "Ulmus lanceifolia in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
7. ^ Miller, Fredric; Ware, George (2001-02-01). "Resistance of Temperate Chinese Elms (Ulmus spp.) to Feeding by the Adult Elm Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Journal of Economic Entomology. 94 (1). Oxford University Press (OUP): 162–166\. doi:10.1603/0022-0493-94.1.162. ISSN 0022-0493. PMID 11233108. S2CID 42980569.
8. ^ Miller, Fredric; Ware, George; Jackson, Jennifer (2001-04-01). "Preference of Temperate Chinese Elms ( Ulmus spp.) for the Adult Japanese Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Journal of Economic Entomology. 94 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 445–448\. doi:10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.445. ISSN 0022-0493. PMID 11332837. S2CID 7520439.
9. ^ Heybroek, H. M., Goudzwaard, L, Kaljee, H. (2009). Iep of olm, karakterboom van de Lage Landen (:Elm, a tree with character of the Low Countries). KNNV, Uitgeverij. ISBN 9789050112819

## External links

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* efloras.org: U. lanceifolia leaves and fruit illustration
* efloras.org: U. lanceifolia description
* Chinese gallery of tree, leaves and fruit photographs labelled U. lanceifolia, iplant.cn

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Elm species, varieties, hybrids, hybrid cultivars and species cultivars

Species, varieties and subspecies|

* U. alata (Winged elm)
* U. americana (American elm)
* U. americana var. floridana (Florida elm)
* U. bergmanniana (Bergmann's elm)
* U. bergmanniana var. bergmanniana
* U. bergmanniana var. lasiophylla
* U. castaneifolia (Chestnut-leafed or multinerved elm)
* U. changii (Hangzhou elm)
* U. changii var. changii
* U. changii var. kunmingensis (Kunming elm)
* U. chenmoui (Chenmou or Langya Mountain elm)
* U. chumlia
* U. crassifolia (Cedar or Texas cedar elm)
* U. davidiana (David or Father David elm)
* U. davidiana var. davidiana
* U. davidiana var. japonica (Japanese elm)
* U. elongata (Long raceme elm)
* U. gaussenii (Anhui or hairy elm)
* U. glabra (Wych or scots elm)
* U. glaucescens (Gansu elm)
* U. glaucescens var. glaucescens
* U. glaucescens var. lasiocarpa (hairy-fruited glaucescent elm)
* U. harbinensis (Harbin elm)
* U. ismaelis
* U. laciniata (Manchurian cut-leaf or lobed elm)
* U. laciniata var. nikkoensis (Nikko elm)
* U. laevis (European white elm)
* U. laevis var. celtidea
* U. laevis var. parvifolia
* U. laevis var. simplicidens
* U. lamellosa (Hebei elm)
* U. lanceifolia (Vietnam elm)
* U. macrocarpa (Large-fruited elm)
* U. macrocarpa var. glabra
* U. macrocarpa var. macrocarpa
* U. mexicana (Mexican elm)
* U. microcarpa (Tibetan elm)
* U. minor (Field elm)
* U. minor subsp. minor
* U. minor var. italica
* U. parvifolia (Chinese or lacebark elm)
* U. parvifolia var. coreana (Korean elm)
* U. prunifolia (Cherry-leafed elm)
* U. pseudopropinqua (Harbin spring elm)
* U. pumila (Siberian elm)
* U. rubra (Slippery elm)
* U. serotina (September elm)
* U. szechuanica (Szechuan (Sichuan) or red-fruited elm)
* U. thomasii (Rock or cork elm)
* U. uyematsui (Alishan elm)
* U. villosa (Cherry-bark or marn elm)
* U. wallichiana (Himalayan or kashmir elm)
* U. wallichiana subsp. wallichiana
* U. wallichiana subsp. xanthoderma
* U. wallichiana var. tomentosa

Disputed species, varieties and subspecies|

* U. boissieri
* U. minor subsp. canescens (Grey, grey-leafed or hoary elm)
* U. elliptica

Hybrids|

* U. davidiana var. japonica × U. minor
* U. × arbuscula
* U. × arkansana
* U. × brandisiana
* U. × diversifolia
* U. × hollandica (Dutch elm)
* U. × hollandica var. insularum
* U. × intermedia
* U. × mesocarpa

Species cultivars|

| American elm|

* American Liberty
* Ascendens
* Augustine
* Aurea
* Beaverlodge
* Beebe's Weeping
* Brandon
* Burgoyne
* JFS Prince II
* College
* Columnaris
* Creole Queen
* Deadfree
* Delaware
* Exhibition
* Fiorei
* Flick's Spreader
* Folia Aurea Variegata
* Great Plains
* Hines
* Incisa
* Independence
* Iowa State
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Kimley
* Klehmii
* L'Assomption
* Lake City
* Lewis & Clark
* Littleford
* Maine
* Markham
* Miller Park
* Minneapolis Park
* Moline
* Morden
* New Harmony
* Nigricans
* Patmore
* Pendula
* Penn Treaty
* Princeton
* Pyramidata
* Queen City
* Sheyenne
* Skinner Upright
* St. Croix
* Star
* Valley Forge
* Variegata
* Vase
* Washington

|

Cedar elm|

* Brazos Rim

Chinese elm|

* A-1
* A. Ross Central Park
* Blizzard
* BSNUPF
* Burgundy
* Burnley Select
* Catlin
* Chessins
* Churchyard
* Cork Bark
* D. B. Cole
* Drake
* Dynasty
* Ed Wood
* Elsmo
* Emer I
* Emer II
* Emerald Prairie
* Frosty
* Garden City Clone
* Geisha
* Glory
* Golden Rey
* Hallelujah
* Hokkaido
* Jade Empress
* King's Choice
* Littleleaf
* Lois Hole
* Matthew
* Milliken
* Nire-keyaki
* Ohio
* Orange Ribbon
* Pathfinder
* Pendens
* Prairie Shade
* Prince Richard
* Red Fall
* Sabamiki
* Sagei
* Seiju
* Select 380
* Sempervirens
* Small Frye
* State Fair
* Stone's Dwarf
* Taiwan
* The Thinker
* Todd
* True Green
* UPMTF
* Ware's
* Yarralumla
* Yatsubusa
* Zettler
* Ulmus parvifolia f. lanceolata

European white elm|

* Aureovariegata
* Colorans
* Helena
* Ornata
* Pendula
* Punctata
* Urticifolia

Field elm|

* Albo-Dentata
* Amplifolia
* Argenteo-Variegata
* Atinia
* Atinia Pyramidalis
* Atinia Variegata
* Bea Schwarz
* Betulaefolia
* Biltii
* Christine Buisman
* Concavaefolia
* Coritana
* Cretensis
* Cucullata
* Cucullata Variegata
* Dehesa de Amaniel
* Dehesa de la Villa
* Dicksonii
* Dijkwel
* Erecta
* Folia Alba-Punctata
* Glandulosa
* Goodyeri
* Hoersholmiensis
* Holmstruph
* Hunnybunii
* Hunnybunii pseudo-Stricta
* Laciniata
* Lanuginosa
* Majadahonda
* Microphylla Pendula
* Microphylla Purpurea
* Microphylla Rubra
* Monumentalis
* Pendula
* Picturata
* Plotii
* Propendens
* Punctata
* Purpurascens
* Purpurea
* Retiro
* Reverti
* Rugosa
* Rueppellii
* Sarniensis
* Schuurhoek
* Silvery Gem
* Sowerbyi
* Stricta
* Suberosa
* Umbraculifera Gracilis
* Umbraculifera
* Viminalis
* Viminalis Aurea
* Viminalis Gracilis
* Viminalis Incisa
* Viminalis Marginata
* Viminalis Pendula
* Viminalis Pulverulenta
* Viminalis Stricta
* Virgata
* Webbiana

Japanese elm|

* Discovery
* Freedom
* Jacan
* JFS-Bieberich
* Mitsui Centennial
* Prospector
* Reperta
* Reseda
* Thomson
* Validation

Siberian elm|

* Ansaloni
* Aurea
* Aurescens
* Chinkota
* Dropmore
* Dwarf Weeper
* Green King
* Hansen
* Harbin
* Manchu
* Mauro
* Mr. Buzz
* Park Royal
* Pendula
* Pinnato-ramosa
* Poort Bulten
* Puszta
* Pyramidalis Fiorei
* Zhonghua Jinye

Winged elm|

* Lace Parasol

Wych elm|

* Albo-Variegata
* Australis
* Camperdownii
* Cebennensis
* Concavaefolia
* Cornuta
* Corylifolia Purpurea
* Corylifolia
* Fastigiata Macrophylla
* Fastigiata Stricta
* Fastigiata Variegata
* Firma
* Flava
* Gigantea
* Gittisham
* Grandidentata
* Holgeri
* Horizontalis
* Insularis
* Latifolia
* Latifolia Aurea
* Latifolia Aureo-Variegata
* Latifolia Nigricans
* Luteo Variegata
* Lutescens
* Macrophylla
* Maculata
* Minor
* Nana
* Nigra
* Nitida
* Oblongata
* Pendula Macrophylla
* Pendula Variegata
* Pyrenaica
* Spectabilis
* Superba
* Tomentosa

Hybrid cultivars|

* Androssowii
* Amsterdam
* Arno
* Cathedral
* Clusius
* Columella
* Den Haag
* Dodoens
* Escaillard
* Fiorente
* Frontier
* Fuente Umbria
* Homestead
* Karagatch
* Lobel
* Morfeo
* Morton
* Morton Glossy
* Morton Plainsman
* Morton Red Tip
* Morton Stalwart
* Nanguen
* New Horizon
* Patriot
* Plantyn
* Plinio
* Rebella
* Rebona
* Recerta
* Regal
* Repura
* Revera
* San Zanobi
* Sapporo Autumn Gold
* Sapporo Gold 2
* Stavast
* Toledo
* Urban
* Wanoux
* Wingham

Dutch elm|

* Alba
* Angustifolia
* Balder
* Belgica
* Blandford
* Canadian Giant
* Cicestria
* Cinerea
* Commelin
* Dampieri
* Dauvessei
* Daveyi
* Dovaei
* Dumont
* Elegantissima
* Eleganto-Variegata
* Etrusca
* Fastigiata
* Fjerrestad
* Folia Rhomboidea
* Freja
* Fulva
* Gaujardii
* Groeneveld
* Haarlemensis
* Klemmer
* Loke
* Macrophylla Aurea
* Major
* Microphylla
* Modiolina
* Muscaviensis
* Odin
* Pioneer
* Pitteurs
* Serpentina
* Smithii
* Superba
* Tricolor
* Tyr
* Vegeta
* Viminalis
* Viscosa
* Wentworthii Pendula
* Wredei
* Ypreau

U. × intermedia|

* Coolshade
* Fremont
* Improved Coolshade
* Lincoln
* Rosehill
* Willis

Unconfirmed derivation cultivars|

* aff. Plotii
* Acutifolia
* Ademuz
* Alata
* Alksuth
* Argenteo-Marginata
* Aspera
* Atropurpurea
* Australis
* Berardii
* Betulaefolia Nigrescens
* Crispa
* Crispa Aurea
* Crispa Pendula
* Densa
* Exoniensis
* Fastigiata Glabra
* Folia Aurea
* Folia Rubra
* Folia Variegata Pendula
* Gallica
* Glabra
* Globosa
* Hamburg
* Hertfordensis Angustifolia
* Hertfordensis Latifolia
* Hillieri
* Jalaica
* Jacqueline Hillier
* Kansas Hybrid
* Klemmer Blanc
* Koopmannii
* Lombartsii
* Louis van Houtte
* Marmorata
* Monstrosa
* Myrtifolia
* Myrtifolia Purpurea
* Nemoralis
* Nigrescens
* Planeroides
* Planifolia
* Purpurea
* Pyramidalis Bertini
* Ramulosa
* Rotundifolia
* Rubra
* Rufa
* Rugosa
* Scampstoniensis
* Sericea
* Tiliaefolia
* Tortuosa
* Turkestanica
* Variegata Nova
* Virens

Fossil elms|

* U. okanaganensis

Taxon identifiers

Ulmus lanceifolia|

* Wikidata: Q11060464
* Wikispecies: Ulmus lanceifolia
* CoL: 7DFN7
* EoL: 2874767
* FNA: 242353367
* FoC: 242353367
* GBIF: 8348291
* iNaturalist: 1192942
* IPNI: 60458505-2
* NCBI: 1679378
* Open Tree of Life: 5749173
* Plant List: tro-50150951
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60458505-2
* Tropicos: 50150951
* WFO: wfo-0001249752

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