List of elm species

Ulmus subgenera and sectional classification

Classification of Ulmus is based primarily on Whittemore et al 2021. Previous Ulmus classifications include Wiegrefe et al 1994, and Melville & Heybroek 1971.

• Subgenus Indoptelea Ulmus villosa - marn or cherry bark elm
• Subgenus Oreoptelea U. section Blepharocarpus Ulmus americana - American elm, white elm Ulmus laevis - European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, (US) Russian elm Ulmus laevis var. celtidea Ulmus laevis var. laevis Ulmus laevis var. parvifolia Ulmus laevis var. simplicidens U. section Chaetoptelea Ulmus alata - winged elm, Wahoo Ulmus crassifolia - cedar elm Ulmus elongata - long raceme elm Ulmus ismaelis Ulmus mexicana - Mexican elm Ulmus serotina - September elm Ulmus thomasii - rock elm, cork elm
• Subgenus Ulmus U. section Foliaceae Ulmus castaneifolia - chestnut-leafed elm, multi-nerved elm Ulmus changii - Hangzhou elm Ulmus changii var. changii Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis Ulmus chenmoui - Chenmou elm, Langya Mountain elm Ulmus chumlia Ulmus davidiana - David Elm, Father David's elm Ulmus davidiana var. davidiana Ulmus davidiana var. japonica - Japanese elm, Wilson's elm Ulmus harbinensis - Harbin elm Ulmus microcarpa - Tibetan elm Ulmus minor - field elm Ulmus minor subsp. canescens - grey elm, grey-leafed elm, hoary elm Ulmus minor var. italica - Mediterranean elm Ulmus prunifolia - cherry-leafed elm Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm Ulmus szechuanica - Szechuan elm U. section Microptelea Ulmus lanceifolia - Vietnam elm Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm, lacebark elm Ulmus parvifolia var. coreana - Korean lacebark elm Ulmus parvifolia var. parvifolia U. section Trichocarpus Ulmus glaucescens - Gansu elm Ulmus glaucescens var. glaucescens Ulmus glaucescens var. lasiocarpa Ulmus lamellosa - Hebei elm Ulmus macrocarpa - large-fruited elm Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra Ulmus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa U. section Ulmus Ulmus bergmanniana - Bergmann's elm Ulmus bergmanniana var. bergmanniana Ulmus bergmanniana var. lasiophylla Ulmus glabra - wych elm, Scots elm Ulmus laciniata - Manchurian elm, cut-leaf elm Ulmus laciniata var. laciniata Ulmus laciniata var. nikkoensis - Nikko elm Ulmus rubra - slippery elm, red elm Ulmus uyematsui - Alishan elm Ulmus wallichiana - Himalayan elm, Kashmir elm Ulmus wallichiana subsp. xanthoderma Ulmus wallichiana subsp. wallichiana Section Incertae sedis Ulmus gaussenii - Anhui elm Ulmus pseudopropinqua - Harbin spring elm

Extinct elms

• Fossil elms Ulmus affinis Lesquereux (syn= Ulmus californica Lesquereux) Ulmus braunii Heer Ulmus brownellii Lesquereux Ulmus carpinoides (Goeppert) emd Menzel Ulmus chaneyi Tanai & Wolfe Ulmus chuchuanus (Berry) LaMotte Ulmus fushunensis Wang, Manchester, Li, & Geng Ulmus minima Ward Ulmus minoensis Huzioka Ulmus miopumila Hu & Chaney Ulmus moorei Chaney & Elias Ulmus moragensis Axelrod nom. dubium Ulmus newberryi Knowlton Ulmus okanaganensis Denk & Dillhoff (subgenus Ulmus) Ulmus owyheensis Smith Ulmus paucidentata Smith Ulmus protojaponica Tanai & Onoe Ulmus pseudo-americana Lesquereux Ulmus pseudolongifolia Oishi & Huz Ulmus pyramidalis Goeppert Ulmus pseudopyramidalis Kvaček & Hably Ulmus rhamnifolia Ward Ulmus speciosa Newberry (syn= Ulmus tanneri Chaney) Ulmus stuchlikii Kohlman-Adamska, Ziembińska-Tworzydło, & Zastawniak Ulmus subparvifolia Nathorst Ulmus tenuiservis Lesquereux (syn= Ulmus montanensis Becker)

Ulmus eolaciniata was moved from Ulmus to the new combination Rubus eolaciniata by Tanai and Wolfe in 1977.

See also

• List of elm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars

Further reading

• Armstrong, J. V.; Sell, P. D. (1996). . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 120: 39–50. doi:.
• Bean, W. J. (1981). Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, 7th edition. Murray, London.
• Brasier, C. M. (1996). New horizons in Dutch elm disease control. Pages 20–28 in: Report on Forest Research, 1996. Forestry Commission. HMSO, London, UK. 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Burdekin, D.A.; Rushforth, K.D. (November 1996). (PDF). Arboriculture Research Note. 2/96. Revised by J.F. Webber. Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham: Arboricultural Advisory & Information Service: 1–9. ISSN .
• Collin, E. (2001). Elm. In Teissier du Cros (Ed.) (2001) Forest Genetic Resources Management and Conservation. France as a case study. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Bureau of Genetic Resources. INRA DIC. France.
• Elwes, H. J. & Henry, A. (1913). The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. Vol. VII. pp 1848–1929. Private publication
• Fu, L., Xin, Y. & Whittemore, A. (2002). Ulmaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds), (2003). Flora of China, Vol. 5 (Ulmaceae through Basellaceae). Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA.
• Melville, R. & Heybroek, H. (1971). Elms of the Himalaya. Kew Bulletin, Vol. 26 (1). Kew, London.
• Richens, R. H. (1983). Elm. Cambridge University Press.
• Ware, G. (1995). Little-known elms from China: landscape tree possibilities. Journal of Arboriculture, (Nov. 1995). International Society of Arboriculture, Champaign, Illinois, US. .