Ulmus 'Androssowii' | |
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Genus | Ulmus |
Cultivar | 'Androssowii' |
Origin | Uzbekistan |
The hybrid cultivar Ulmus 'Androssowii' R. Kam. (or 'Androsowii'[1]), an elm of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan[2] sometimes referred to in old travel books as 'Turkestan Elm' or as 'karagach' [:black tree, = elm], its local name,[3] is probably an artificial hybrid. According to Lozina-Lozinskaia the tree is unknown in the wild in Uzbekistan,[4][5] and apparently arose from a crossing of U. densa var. bubyriana Litv. (now Ulmus minor 'Umbraculifera'), which it resembles (see the disputed species Ulmus densa), and the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila.[6] It is sometimes listed as Ulmus × androssowii.[7]
Not to be confused with the Ulmus 'Turkestanica' distributed by the Späth nursery of Berlin.
For U. 'Karagatch', see 'Hybrid cultivars' below.
For so-called Ulmus androssowii var. subhirsuta C. K. Schneid. and Ulmus androssowii var. virgata (Planch.) Grudz. , see Ulmus chumlia.