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Ulmus (elm)
Taxonomy
Ulmus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ulmaceae by Brisseau-Mirbel (1815), Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Brown (1959), Ozaki (1974), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000) and Zhang and Xing (2018).
It was assigned to Ulmaceae by Brisseau-Mirbel (1815), Knowlton (1899), Knowlton (1919), Knowlton (1926), Brown (1959), Ozaki (1974), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991), Liu et al. (1996), Mabberley (2000) and Zhang and Xing (2018).
Species
U. affinis, U. alata, U. americana, U. antecedens, U. basicordata, U. betuloides, U. braunii, U. brownellii, U. californica, U. campestris, U. chuchuanus, U. columbiana, U. columbianus, U. dubia, U. fernquisti, U. grandifolia, U. hilliae, U. macrocarpa, U. maguanensis, U. minima, U. newberryi, U. okanaganensis, U. orbicularis, U. parvifolia, U. planeroides, U. plurinervia, U. praecursor, U. prelanceaefolia, U. protoamericana, U. protoracemosa, U. pseudoracemosa, U. pumila, U. quercifolia, U. racemosa, U. rhamnifolia, U. sorbifolia, U. speciosa (syn. U. pseudoamericana), U. tenuinervis, U. wallichiana, U. wardii (syn. U. planeroides)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1753 | Ulmus Linnaeus p. 225 |
1815 | Ulmus Brisseau-Mirbel p. 906 |
1899 | Ulmus Knowlton |
1919 | Ulmus Knowlton |
1926 | Ulmus Knowlton |
1959 | Ulmus Brown p. 128 |
1974 | Ulmus Ozaki |
1976 | Ulmus Lakhanpal et al. |
1991 | Ulmus Chauhan |
1991 | Ulmus Srivastava |
1996 | Ulmus Liu et al. |
2000 | Ulmus Mabberley |
2018 | Ulmus Zhang and Xing |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Ulmus Linnaeus 1753 [elm]
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†Ulmus affinis Lesquereux 1878
Ulmus alata Michaux 1803
Ulmus americana Linnaeus 1753
†Ulmus antecedens Lesquereux 1888
†Ulmus basicordata Hollick 1904
†Ulmus betuloides Hollick 1906
†Ulmus braunii Heer 1856
†Ulmus brownellii Lesquereux 1883
†Ulmus californica Lesquereux 1878
Ulmus campestris Linnaeus 1753
†Ulmus chuchuanus Berry 1926
†Ulmus columbiana Penhallow 1907
†Ulmus columbianus Berry 1926
†Ulmus dubia Dawson 1882
†Ulmus fernquisti Knowlton 1926
†Ulmus grandifolia Newberry 1882
†Ulmus hilliae Lesquereux 1883
Ulmus macrocarpa Hance 1868
†Ulmus maguanensis Zhang and Xing 2018
†Ulmus minima Ward 1885
†Ulmus newberryi Knowlton 1902
†Ulmus okanaganensis Denk and Dillhoff 2005
†Ulmus orbicularis Ward 1885
Ulmus parvifolia Jacquin 1798
Ulmus planeroides Carrière 1875
†Ulmus plurinervia Unger 1847
†Ulmus praecursor Dawson 1886
†Ulmus prelanceaefolia Zhang and Xing 2018
†Ulmus protoamericana Penhallow 1907
†Ulmus protoracemosa Penhallow 1907
†Ulmus pseudoracemosa Hollick 1906
Ulmus pumila Linnaeus 1753
†Ulmus quercifolia Unger 1847
Ulmus racemosa Thomas 1896
†Ulmus rhamnifolia Ward 1885
†Ulmus sorbifolia Göppert 1852
†Ulmus tenuinervis Lesquereux 1873
Ulmus wallichiana Planchon 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Reference: Kiessling 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma
Collections (165 total)
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Japan (Hyogo) | Ulmus sp. (176812) | |
Paleocene | USA (Montana) | Ulmus rhamnifolia (40092 40744 53959) | |
Paleocene | USA (Colorado) | Ulmus rhamnifolia (39899) | |
Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Ulmus rhamnifolia (58003) | |
Tertiary | Japan (Aichi) | Ulmus protojaponica, Ulmus subparvifolia (22819) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Ulmus microphylla (11331) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Ulmus microphylla (11352 11380 11382 11420) | |
Ypresian | Canada (British Columbia) | Ulmus chuchuanus (119946) Ulmus okanaganensis (147813 224003 227820) Ulmus sp., Ulmus okanaganensis (227994) Ulmus sp., Ulmus okanaganensis, Ulmus chuchuanus (119896) | |
Ypresian | USA (Washington) | Ulmus okanaganensis, Ulmus chuchuanus (147822) Ulmus sp. (119947) | |
Eocene | India (Rajasthan) | Ulmus bronii, Ulmus longifolia (228638) | |
Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Ulmus sp. (179231) Ulmus sp., Ulmus columbiana, Ulmus protoamericana, Ulmus protoracemosa (228445) Ulmus sp., Ulmus okanaganensis, Ulmus chuchuanus (32896) | |
Eocene | China (Jilin) | Ulmus paralaciniata (223891) | |
Eocene | USA (Alaska) | Ulmus sp. (112313) | |
Eocene | China (Guizhou) | Ulmus drepandodonta, Ulmus longifolia, Ulmus sp. (223895) | |
Graybullian | USA (Wyoming) | Ulmus microphylla (11349 11395 11400 11456 11493) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Ulmus columbianus (227791) | |
MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | Ulmus sp. (24201) | |
Middle Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Ulmus minima (24130) Ulmus sp., Ulmus rhamnifolia (24087) | |
Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Ulmus tenuinervis (24209) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | Russian Federation | Ulmus sp. (45449) |