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Ulmus 'Alksuth'

Elm cultivar

Summary

Elm cultivar

Field	Value
cultivar	'Alksuth'
genus	Ulmus
origin	Austria

The elm cultivar Ulmus ''*Alksuth'''' was first mentioned by Dieck (Zöschen, Germany) in Haupt-catalog der Obst- und gehölzbaumschulen des ritterguts Zöschen bei Merseburg, p. 81 (1885) as Ulmus scabra (: glabra) forma von Alksuth Hort.. Describing it as "an outstanding new plant", Dieck noted that 'Alksuth' is the corrupted name of an Austrian park, its provenance.

Description

"The form itself is very remarkable," wrote Dieck, "as the acute-rounded leaves, otherwise shaped like those of adiantifolia (tricuspis) [: three-cusped fern-leaved elm], have a number of almost thread-like protruding leaf-teeth at the tip edge". 'Adiantifolia', fern-leaved elm, was a synonym of 'Crispa'. Considered by Green (1964) as "possibly Ulmus carpinifolia" (: minor). No herbarium specimens of 'Alksuth' are known.

Cultivation

No specimens are known to survive. In 2025 Brighton and Hove City Council incorrectly listed a non-'Crispa'-like elm in Stanford Avenue by this name, not matching Dieck's leaf-description of "thread-like" teeth at the leaf tip.Stanford Avenue leaves, short shoots https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BH00053_Ulmus._Stanford_Avenue,Brighton.(3).jpg, Stanford Avenue leaves, long shoot https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BH00053_Ulmus._Stanford_Avenue,Brighton.(2).jpg

Notes

References

[https://archive.org/details/zoeschen1885h/page/n79/mode/2up Georg Dieck, ''Haupt-Catalog des Ritterguts Zöschen'' (1885), p.81]
[https://archive.org/stream/arboretummuscav01kircgoog#page/n582/mode/1up ''Arboretum Muscaviense'' 566 (1864)]
[https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/news/2025/rare-elms-spotlight-sussex-tree-festival 'Rare elms in the spotlight for Sussex Tree Festival', 11 June 2025]

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