Ulmus minorMill.

Small-leaved Elmsmall-leaved elm

WFO wfo-0000416674 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ulmus minor, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. a Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205785290
Ulmus minor, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. b Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203425556
Ulmus minor, photographed by Yann Kemper
fig. c Yann Kemper, CC0 1.0 / obs. 203000058
Ulmus minor, photographed by Andrea
fig. d Andrea, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 200841482
Ulmus minor, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. e Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / obs. 201829216
Ulmus minor, photographed by Liubov Ilminska
fig. f Liubov Ilminska, CC0 1.0 / obs. 199026861
Ulmus minor, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. g Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197189970
Ulmus minor, photographed by Zeke Marshall
fig. h Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 197080664

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Native range 49 botanical countries

Regions where Ulmus minor is native: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Palestine, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Netherlands, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoTunisiaCyprusEast Aegean Is.IranIraqKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaNorth CaucasusPalestineTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNetherlandsNW. Balkan Pen.PolandPortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Ulmus minor, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
North Caucasus NCS
Palestine PAL
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Libya LBY
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 192 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ulmus ambigua Beldie
  • Ulmus anglica Druce
  • Ulmus angustifolia (Weston) Weston
  • Ulmus angustifolia Moench
  • Ulmus angustifolia var. cornubiensis (Weston) Melville
  • Ulmus araxina Takht.
  • Ulmus asperrima Simonk.
  • Ulmus asymmetrica J.V.Armstr. & P.D.Sell
  • Ulmus atinia J.Walker
  • Ulmus aurea hort. ex K.Koch
  • Ulmus berandii Simon-Louis
  • Ulmus campestris f. concavifolia Dippel
  • Ulmus campestris f. denudata Trautv.
  • Ulmus campestris f. laevis (Spach) Herder
  • Ulmus campestris f. monumentalis Dippel
  • Ulmus campestris f. pendula Dippel
  • Ulmus campestris f. propendens (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
  • Ulmus campestris f. purpurea Dippel
  • Ulmus campestris f. suberosa (Moench) Herder
  • Ulmus campestris f. suberosoalata Trautv.
  • Ulmus campestris f. tortuosa Dippel
  • Ulmus campestris f. umbraculifera Dippel
  • Ulmus campestris f. variegata Dippel
  • Ulmus campestris f. virens Dippel

and 168 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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