Ulmus wallichiana

Ulmus wallichiana
Ulmus wallichiana, Withdean Park, Brighton.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Ulmaceae
Genus: Ulmus
Subgenus: U. subg. Ulmus
Section: U. sect. Ulmus
Species:
U. wallichiana
Binomial name
Ulmus wallichiana
Synonyms
  • Kashmir Elm: Anon.
  • Ulmus erosa sensu Wall.
  • Ulmus wallichiana Brandis, Hooker

Ulmus wallichiana Planch., the Himalayan elm, also known as the Kashmir elm and Bhutan elm, is a mountain tree ranging from central Nuristan in Afghanistan, through northern Pakistan and northern India to western Nepal at elevations of 800–3000 m. Although dissimilar in appearance, its common name is occasionally used in error for the cherry bark elm Ulmus villosa, which is also endemic to the Kashmir, but inhabits the valleys, not the mountain slopes. The species is closely related to the wych elm U. glabra.

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Ulmus wallichiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30410A9545816. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30410A9545816.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.