''Ulmus laevis'' var. ''simplicidens'' is a variety of the

European white elm ''Ulmus laevis'' Pall., variously known as the European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, stately elm and, in the United States, the Russian elm, is a large deciduous tree native to Europe, from France northeast to southern Finland, east b ...

which exists at the National Botanic Garden of Latvia in Salaspils; it was obtained from St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1964.

Description

The tree was described by Egbert Wolf in 1924. The varietal epithet ''simplicidens'' translates as 'simple teeth'.Hollinger, J. ''Plant Latin Dictionary''
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Accessions

Europe

*National Botanic Garden of Latvia, Salaspils, Latvia. Acc. no. 18137

References

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