Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba'

{{Short description|Elm cultivar}}

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{{Infobox Cultivar

| name = Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba'

| hybrid = U. glabra × U. minor

| cultivar = 'Alba'

| origin = Europe

}}

Ulmus × hollandica 'Alba' is one of a number of hybrids arising from the crossing of the Wych Elm U. glabra with a variety of Field Elm U. minor. First mentioned by Kirchner in 1864 as U. fulva Hort. var. alba.{{cite book |last1=Petzold|first1=Carl|author-link1=Eduard Petzold|last2=Kirchner|first2=Georg|author-link2=Georg Kirchner|date=1864|title=Arboretum Muscaviense|pages=559|url=https://archive.org/stream/arboretummuscav01kircgoog#page/n575/mode/1up}}

Description

A specimen in the Herb. Nicholson at Kew was identified by Melville [http://asaweb.huh.harvard.edu:8080/databases/botanists?id=132712] as a rather broad-leafed form of U. × hollandica var vegeta (sensu Rehder).Rehder, Alfred, Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs hardy in the cooler temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, 1949; p.140{{cite journal |last=Green |first=Peter Shaw |author-link=Peter Shaw Green |date=1964 |title=Registration of cultivar names in Ulmus|url=https://archive.org/stream/arnoldiaarno_21#page/40/mode/2up/|journal=Arnoldia |volume=24|pages=41–80 |number=6–8 |publisher=Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University |access-date=16 February 2017}}

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive.

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