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Ulmus americana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 226 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000417596.

Synonyms of Ulmus americana L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ulmus obovata Raf. New Fl. 3: 38 (1838) wfo-0000416696
Ulmus mollifolia Marshall Arbust. Amer. : 156 (1785) wfo-0000416713
Ulmus alba Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 115 (1817) wfo-0000417586
Ulmus dentata Raf. New Fl. 3: 39 (1838) wfo-0000417684
Ulmus americana f. alba (Aiton) Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945) wfo-0000417861
Ulmus americana var. alba Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 320 (1789) wfo-0000417862
Ulmus americana var. pendula Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 320 (1789) wfo-0000417873
Ulmus americana f. pendula (Aiton) Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945) wfo-0000417890
Ulmus americana f. intercedens Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945) wfo-0001143197
Ulmus americana f. laevior Fernald Rhodora 47: 133 (1945) wfo-0001143198
Ulmus americana f. americana wfo-0001143199
Ulmus floridana Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 416 (1860) wfo-0001143204
Ulmus americana f. ascendens A.D.Slavin Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 125 (1931) wfo-0001143226
Ulmus americana var. aspera Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. : 416 (1860) wfo-0001143227
Ulmus americana f. columnaris Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 42 (1922) wfo-0001143228
Ulmus americana var. floridana (Chapm.) Little Phytologia 4: 306 (1953) wfo-0001143229
Ulmus americana f. viridis F.Seym. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 48: 249 (1952) wfo-0001143230
Ulmus americana var. bartramii Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 10: 268 (1848) wfo-0001378656
Ulmus americana var. glabra Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 3, 10: 268 (1848) wfo-0001378657
Ulmus americana var. scabra Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 15: 264 (1841) wfo-0001378658
Ulmus americana var. aurea F.L.Temple Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1880 (1902) wfo-0001397459
Ulmus americana var. incisa Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1406 (1838) wfo-1200063610
Ulmus fulva unranked pendula Meehan Gard. & Forest 2: 286 (1889) wfo-1200063616