List of elm species

Ulmus subgenera and sectional classification
Classification of Ulmus is based primarily on Whittemore et al 2021. Previous Ulmus classifications include Wiegrefe et al 1994, and Melville & Heybroek 1971.


 * Subgenus Indoptelea
 * Ulmus villosa - marn or cherry bark elm
 * Subgenus Oreoptelea
 * U. section Blepharocarpus
 * Ulmus americana - American elm, white elm
 * Ulmus laevis - European white elm, fluttering elm, spreading elm, (US) Russian elm
 * Ulmus laevis var. celtidea
 * Ulmus laevis var. laevis
 * Ulmus laevis var. parvifolia
 * Ulmus laevis var. simplicidens
 * U. section Chaetoptelea
 * Ulmus alata - winged elm, Wahoo
 * Ulmus crassifolia - cedar elm
 * Ulmus elongata - long raceme elm
 * Ulmus ismaelis
 * Ulmus mexicana - Mexican elm
 * Ulmus serotina - September elm
 * Ulmus thomasii - rock elm, cork elm
 * Subgenus Ulmus
 * U. section Foliaceae
 * Ulmus castaneifolia - chestnut-leafed elm, multi-nerved elm
 * Ulmus changii - Hangzhou elm
 * Ulmus changii var. changii
 * Ulmus changii var. kunmingensis
 * Ulmus chenmoui - Chenmou elm, Langya Mountain elm
 * Ulmus chumlia
 * Ulmus davidiana - David Elm, Father David's elm
 * Ulmus davidiana var. davidiana
 * Ulmus davidiana var. japonica - Japanese elm, Wilson's elm
 * Ulmus harbinensis - Harbin elm
 * Ulmus microcarpa - Tibetan elm
 * Ulmus minor - field elm
 * Ulmus minor subsp. canescens - grey elm, grey-leafed elm, hoary elm
 * Ulmus minor var. italica - Mediterranean elm
 * Ulmus prunifolia - cherry-leafed elm
 * Ulmus pumila - Siberian elm
 * Ulmus szechuanica - Szechuan elm
 * U. section Microptelea
 * Ulmus lanceifolia - Vietnam elm
 * Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese elm, lacebark elm
 * Ulmus parvifolia var. coreana - Korean lacebark elm
 * Ulmus parvifolia var. parvifolia
 * U. section Trichocarpus
 * Ulmus glaucescens - Gansu elm
 * Ulmus glaucescens var. glaucescens
 * Ulmus glaucescens var. lasiocarpa
 * Ulmus lamellosa - Hebei elm
 * Ulmus macrocarpa - large-fruited elm
 * Ulmus macrocarpa var. glabra
 * Ulmus macrocarpa var. macrocarpa
 * U. section Ulmus
 * Ulmus bergmanniana - Bergmann's elm
 * Ulmus bergmanniana var. bergmanniana
 * Ulmus bergmanniana var. lasiophylla
 * Ulmus glabra - wych elm, Scots elm
 * Ulmus laciniata - Manchurian elm, cut-leaf elm
 * Ulmus laciniata var. laciniata
 * Ulmus laciniata var. nikkoensis - Nikko elm
 * Ulmus rubra - slippery elm, red elm
 * Ulmus uyematsui - Alishan elm
 * Ulmus wallichiana - Himalayan elm, Kashmir elm
 * Ulmus wallichiana subsp. xanthoderma
 * Ulmus wallichiana subsp. wallichiana
 * Section Incertae sedis
 * Ulmus gaussenii - Anhui elm
 * Ulmus pseudopropinqua - Harbin spring elm

Extinct Elms

 * Fossil elms
 * Ulmus affinis Lesquereux (syn= Ulmus californica Lesquereux)
 * Ulmus braunii Heer
 * Ulmus brownellii Lesquereux
 * Ulmus carpinoides (Goeppert) emd Menzel
 * Ulmus chaneyi Tanai & Wolfe
 * Ulmus chuchuanus (Berry) LaMotte
 * Ulmus fushunensis Wang, Manchester, Li, & Geng
 * Ulmus minima Ward
 * Ulmus minoensis Huzioka
 * Ulmus miopumila Hu & Chaney
 * Ulmus moorei Chaney & Elias
 * Ulmus moragensis Axelrod nom. dubium
 * Ulmus newberryi Knowlton
 * Ulmus okanaganensis Denk & Dillhoff (subgenus Ulmus)
 * Ulmus owyheensis Smith
 * Ulmus paucidentata Smith
 * Ulmus protojaponica Tanai & Onoe
 * Ulmus pseudo-americana Lesquereux
 * Ulmus pseudolongifolia Oishi & Huz
 * Ulmus pyramidalis Goeppert
 * Ulmus pseudopyramidalis Kvaček & Hably
 * Ulmus rhamnifolia Ward
 * Ulmus speciosa Newberry (syn= Ulmus tanneri Chaney)
 * Ulmus stuchlikii Kohlman-Adamska, Ziembińska-Tworzydło, & Zastawniak
 * Ulmus subparvifolia Nathorst
 * Ulmus tenuiservis Lesquereux (syn= Ulmus montanensis Becker)

Ulmus eolaciniata was moved from Ulmus to the new combination Rubus eolaciniata by Tanai and Wolfe in 1977.